Step-by-step: Vary your audience’s points of view

This panel is an example of an upshot, most likely taken from the point of view of a human soldier or pilot. The shot quickly emphasises the size and powerful nature of the armoured mech and is also a good chance to establish some of the location around it. Choose shots that serve a dualpurpose. This view not only gets the story point across of the mech’s driver starting its engines, but also shows off a key piece of his equipment on his arm. Every shot must do two things: convey the story point and have visual appeal. This mid-shot gives us a good view of our main character – the mech, not any puny humans – and the empty space on the right gives the viewer a sense of anticipation, because it’s about to be filled by his full-screen electrically charged punching fist!