One shot perspective

One shot perspective is a visual technique that was popularized by acclaimed director Stanley Kubrick. This techniques refers to the center of the attention being in the middle of a grid. This type of technique has been acclaimed by many critics praising it stating that the one shot perspective is visually pleasing to the eye.

In the image above we can see an example of Kubrick's famous one shot perspective from the movie 2001: A space odyssey, from this image without knowing what the one shot perspective is it is obvious what the main focus of the image is the man in the middle, this is simply because our brains recognise that the subject is the most important part of the image straight away simply because it is placed in the middle. Many believe that this practice contradicts with the rule of Z; this can be disproved because the rule of Z is used whenever the content creator is trying to draw the attention of the viewer to the different subjects on the screen periodically whilst the one shot perspective is generally used when the surrounding objects are smaller than the main subject in the shot thereby making the viewer pay attention the subject first.