Lecture 6 Flashcards
What are motion pictures?
Photographs filmed and projected at
24/25 still frames per second, creating
the illusion of motion / ‘life’.
Subject(s) MOVE within the frame.
The frame itself may MOVE.
The French call a tracking shot ‘un travelling’.
What are the factors filmmakers must consider when filming motion?
Camera Portability
Gripping Cost: Equipment; Crew
Schedule: Production / setup time
Technical: Image / Lens / Focus
Aesthetic: Visual Context; Editing; Screen Time
What equipment can filmmakers use when filming motion?
Track & Dolly + tripod-top Sliders
Crane / Jib
Stabilisers:
(e.g.) Steadicam ® Panaglide ® Glidecam ®
Vehicular Transport (including drones)
+
Hand Held Camera
Production costs?
Equipment
Transport
Crew
KEY GRIP / GRIP
Gripping refers to crew / work / equipment required for
work including gathering shots with a moving camera.
FOCUS-PULLER
Camera crew member needed for shots when acquiring shots where subject-camera distance (focus point) may change during the shot - due to subject or/and camera movement……TIME!
SCHEDULE
Fledgling production crew need to take into account:
Time-consuming setup
Takes longer to shoot
More difficult to execute……so greater number of retakes. …but sometimes gets a lot of screen time ‘in the can’.
TECHNICAL CHALLENGES of MOVING CAMERA SHOTS
Executing smooth movement
Maintaining subject framing
Maintaining subject focus
Affects image sharpness
Limits choice of LENS
Cine-Aesthetics?
Visual Context
Screen time
Editing
PANNING Left to Right
Camera is fixed on tripod
Function…
Scan / survey location/space
Follow subject (suitable…?!)
Indicate character POV
What is a WHIP-PAN?
Extremely rapid pan used to dramatically (violently) relate two (usually) or more framed shots. *
Example scenario: Character 1 being secretly watched by Character 2.Executed with static shot of Char 1, followed by whip-pan off Char 1, straight onto Char 2, watching.
In fact, the ‘shot’ is often a trick – hiding a CUT… …actually two shots with rapid camera movement, (rapid blur) at the END of shot 1 and START of Shot 2, with the invisible cut in the middle of the blur, to make it look like one shot.
- Alternatively, making two events seem as if they are taking place in close proximity, reinforcing their dramatic / narrative / parallel link.
What is a tilt?
The camera is fixed on tripod and tilted up and down.
Function… Scan / survey location/space Follow subject (suitable?!) Indicate character POV \+ DRAMATISE …?
What is a CRANE?
The camera move may: descend towards or rise above subject; follow subject’s descent/rise; scan / reveal’ up or down over subject.
What is a Track IN?
Camera closes in on static subject.
What is a Track OUT?
Camera pulls back from static subject.
