5 CREATING DRAMA VIA A POINT OF VIEW

For an emotionally effective piece, I want the viewer to place themselves in the head of the warrior. I want our hero – and thus the viewer – to feel overwhelmed and outmatched, but still willing to fight. To achieve this, I decided to place the villain above the midpoint of the picture. I canted the angle a bit to throw the viewer off-kilter as well. That way, the villain is literally looming over us as well as the boy.