Job: manipulate a frame to show less/more information for an own purpose. Ready: own fictional scene or framing-window aid; no camera needed. Say: “How much should the reader see?”
- 0–3: Choose a purposeful question: hide an object's identity, reveal its setting, foreground a detail or make an abstract image. Keep audience/purpose as intention, not presumed success.
- 3–8: Produce/direct one actual close crop and a wider alternative, or one selected version when two are not useful. Draw frame edges, cover/reveal a described area with locally suitable broad paper, or select/reposition content in an approved offline editor. No physical camera movement or exact scale target. With no realised image, state the plan.
- 8–12: Compare available information, not “close is better.” Use the same represented object/scene if the comparison needs it; an intentional changed object is a different design decision. Ask what specific clue is shown/left out.
- 12–20: Revise one meaningful part for the intended reader/self: crop position, object size, border, negative space or a short word/no word. Check that words and available image agree with the intention, including purposeful contradiction in fiction. Name actual software/tool manipulation only when performed by the learner.
- 20–25: Prefer a version with an available reason, or retain uncertainty. No reader needed to have a useful design preference. Next: order the actual frames to reveal or withhold information.