RTV-3001 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Luminescence, Motion Vector, Gestalt Psychology
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Horizontal directions are easier to manage and they suggest tranquility and rest. Vertical are harder to manage, seem more dynamic, powerful, and exciting. Our environment is a combo of horizontal and vertical so we feel a sense of stability when viewing images. We have sense of horizontal and vertical accuracy, crooked pictures. The borders of a picture field or a screen act like magnets: they have a tendency to attract objects near them. This is called magnetism of the frame and it can be so strong that it can counteract our natural reactions to gravity. Closer object is to the top of the frame the more it will seem like it is attached. The sides of a frame have a strong pull as well. The corners of a frame combine magnetism from two sides (sides and bottom or side and top) and therefor exert a very strong pull.
