(Apologies in advance for my rough child-like drawings but they have just being used to illustrate the point I am making)
The size of the figures within an image can have a completely different effect on the narrative - in the image above there is a clear close chase between the two figures, where as in the drawing below there is a much more distant, unclear and less tense chase. The drawing above appears unrealistic in comparison to the drawing below - in relation to the size of the pathway the larger character should be a lot smaller to fit in with the size of the other objects and figure within the drawing. The character which is supposed to be in the background appears to be much larger than the character in the foreground and also appears much closer to the viewer. Where as in the image below the only difference is that the figure in the 'background' has been made smaller making the distance of the path look greater and the character a more realistic size.
Look at what Monaco says about latent expectations within the frame in his book "How to read a Film". You can also apply this to the Twilight poster in your previous post.
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