Framing.

This screen shot is from a movie i watched recently called "28 days later" (2002) directed by Danny Boyle. The film is about a guy who wakes up from a coma to find that england has been taken over by a virus and he is all alone. The rule of thirds can be applied to this shot because the main character (Jim) takes up one third and the other two thirds are taken up by the London scenery. The litter on the streets gives the idea of abandonement, where the streets would usually be clean, they are dirty because there is no one to clean them. In the shot we can see Big Ben and the houses of parliament which are tell tale signs that this film is taking place in the capital. Throughout the film Boyle uses framing cleverly to let the audience know that England has been left destroyed by the virus, with scenes of desertion.