Creative Challenge
Composition
Structure of a
creative work
May 21, 2012
Assignment: Create Composition
Creations
will be shared and discussed at MVCA Meeting on June 18, 2012 at 7 pm.
Discussion: Define Composition
1. the act of combining parts or elements to form a whole. **
2. the resulting state or product.
3. manner of being composed; structure: This painting has an orderly composition.
4. makeup; constitution: His moral composition was impeccable.
5. an aggregate material formed from two or more substances: a composition of silver
and tin.
“Composition” in reference to:
Ø (logical fallacy), in which one
assumes that a whole has a property solely because its various parts have that
property
Ø combining simpler data types into
more complex data types, or function calls into calling functions
Ø
an act or mechanism to combine
simple functions to build more complicated ones
Ø
a way of writing a positive integer
as a sum of positive integers
Ø
law of composition, usually called a
binary function
Ø
(visual arts), the plan, placement
or arrangement of the elements of art in a work
Ø (language), in literature, oratory,
and rhetoric, producing a work of spoken tradition or written literature
Ø
(music) an original piece of music
and its creation and or structure
Ø
(dance) practice and teaching of
choreography
Ø
(digital) the practice of digitally
piecing together a video
Rule of Thirds - Rule of Odds - Rule of Space
Movement through the work, placement of points of
interest
**Combination of Contrast, Continuity, Emphasis,
Balance
Framing, cropping, editing, simplifying
Visual Structure Types:
Angular,
Bridge, Cantilever, Central, Circle, Cruciform (t), Curvilinear, Even,
Diagonal, Diamond, Grid, Horizontal, L-Shape, Radial, Triangle, Two Centers,
Parallels and Vertical
Visual (including crafts) ò Music ò Literature/poetry ò Dance/movement ò Acting ò more…
