Power Through Composition

You can give your characters power by framing them in the center, placing them in the foreground, or positioning them somewhere in the upper section of the frame. In general, placing a character dead center gives off a sense of authority where the viewer's eyes are directed right to it. Since the foreground is "first in line" and closest to the audience, placing your subject there allows them to appear powerful. We generally look at the larger images first because they produce more aesthetic energy, so a character in the foreground would have attention directed right to it, making them seem important. Also the upper section of the frame can depict power because characters that are placed there are "on top" of those in the lower frame, which altogether puts them in a position of authority.