- Social Media, Social Food
- Marco Delapierre, Alessandro Galatoli
Visual Content Creation
- © 2026 Author(s) |
- CC BY 4.0
- DOI: 10.36253/979-12-215-1069-0.11
This chapter explores the principles of visual content creation and explains how composition can be used to produce more engaging, effective, and meaningful communication. Starting from the idea that visual rules are not arbitrary but connected to the way the human brain perceives images, the chapter examines how familiarity, instinct, and visual comfort influence audience response. It introduces key compositional techniques such as the rule of thirds, centered composition and symmetry, depth of field, frame within the frame, leading lines, patterns and textures, fill the frame, negative space, simplicity, point of view, black and white, color contrast, color grading, consistency, subject breathing space, visual weight, and the golden ratio. Each principle is presented as a practical tool for guiding attention, reducing distractions, creating balance, and strengthening the intended message. The chapter also connects these rules to broader forms of visual art, including painting, cinema, architecture, and social media communication. Overall, it presents technique as the necessary foundation that allows creative expression to become intentional, recognizable, and visually powerful.
- Keywords:
- Visual content creation,
- visual composition,
- rule of thirds,
- visual storytelling,
- golden ratio,
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Titolo del capitolo
Visual Content Creation
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Lingua
Inglese
DOI
10.36253/979-12-215-1069-0.11
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Anno di pubblicazione
2026
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© 2026 Author(s)
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Titolo del libro
Social Media, Social Food
Sottotitolo del libro
Introduction to Social Media Strategies for the Food Industry
Autori
Marco Delapierre, Alessandro Galatoli
Opera sottoposta a peer review
Numero di pagine
208
Anno di pubblicazione
2026
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© 2026 Author(s)
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Firenze University Press
DOI
10.36253/979-12-215-1069-0
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979-12-215-1068-3
eISBN (pdf)
979-12-215-1069-0
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979-12-215-1070-6
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Strumenti per la didattica e la ricerca
ISSN della collana
2704-6249
e-ISSN della collana
2704-5870