BLOCKING: HORIZON LINE PART 2

I wanted to continue the horizon line study and pay more attention to the idea of having different horizon lines in one composition.

In the Tony Stella poster below, there are two horizon lines. One on screen-left that is lowest. And one screen-right that is raised. I wanted to focus on the effect of the raised horizon line. Because there is already an established horizon line that feels grounded, any new horizon line has the idea of hanging in the air:

Floating, secondary horizon lines have the feeling of cantilever architecture: a sense of gravity and tension that it may “fall”

Looking at another Tony Stella example below, we see 3 different horizon lines as well as a row of characters at the top of the composition that also have a balanced cantilever effect. Overall, these elements give the composition a feeling of instability and tension. But balance is found through the counter-alignment of the top and bottom row of elements to even-out the weight

The same effect is in the poster below. The secondary horizon line on the screen-right above the standing Jango creates the feeling of gravity waiting to let the ship fall: