Sketch is an ambiguous term. At the same time, he belongs to the world of artists and filmmakers. The closest Russian synonym for a sketch is the word "sketch".
Sketch in painting
It is widely known that even the most famous artists, before embarking on large-scale canvases, made a huge number of sketches and sketches. The main purpose of such sketches was to build the composition of the future painting. This is precisely the main task of the sketch, it allows you to outline the correct, harmonious arrangement of all elements of the picture, correlate the proportions and play with various options.
All sketches are divided into two types - schematic and detailed. The first are needed to indicate the approximate shape of future elements and their relative position. Detailed sketches represent compositionally lined drawings with a meticulous depiction of the most important details of the future picture.
There are also intermediate options. However, any sketch or sketch should demonstrate the main, most important element, which is the basis of the composition, which attracts attention while studying the image. This dominance of the main element is most often expressed through its location and size, the rest of the details should only emphasize its importance.
Sketches are used to understand and feel the laws of composition. Sketching is a great helper for aspiring artists, letting them play with the arrangement of the painting in an effort to achieve the perfect balance and composition.
Sketch in theater and cinema
For people connected with the world of film and television, a sketch is a comedy sketch from a minute to ten in length. Very often, within the framework of sketches, actors improvise, and then the most successful takes are recorded and demonstrated as part of a sketch show.
Sketches evolved from vaudeville or music halls. In fact, they grew out of theatrical short comedy scenes, which were often diluted with the main action in order to give the protagonists the opportunity to change their costume or make-up. Then the sketches appeared in radio programs, and from there they moved on to television. Sketch shows experienced a real boom in the seventies and eighties of the twentieth century.
Nowadays, with the availability of technology (home cameras, the Internet, computers), sketches have become a popular format for amateur filming. They do not require any significant training or resources, they allow you to learn the simplest techniques of shooting and editing. Therefore, on popular Internet resources you can find whole amateur sketch series. Some of them are quite interesting.