I'm just saying that it is hard to judge composition outside of a narrative context that drives it, especially more extreme framing which may seem wrong when viewed without any context but make sense if it were part of a visual structure to convey a mood or story point.
I remember years ago a complaint about Geoffrey Unsworth's anamorphic shooting of "Superman", to the extent that he shouldn't have pushed important information to the "bad" edges of anamorphic lenses, and I think they were talking about scenes like this:
But I think this is a good example where putting Ma Kent on the far edge of the frame makes sense because it reinforces the notion of her impending separation from her son.
Just saw this scene again on blu-ray (The Superman Anthology), I loved this shot so much it even brought tears to my eyes ;-)... By the way the HD transfer on these BDs is magnificent! Looks very good for a 1978 movie.
Final Year Project: How's my framing?
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Just saw this scene again on blu-ray (The Superman Anthology), I loved this shot so much it even brought tears to my eyes ;-)... By the way the HD transfer on these BDs is magnificent! Looks very good for a 1978 movie.