M5S1 Flashcards
Is the art or science of motion picture photography.
Cinematography
Cinematography From the greek word “____________” “Movement and “___________” “to record”
Kinema and Graphein
Camera movements (5)
- Tilt
- Pan
- Zooming
- Pedestal
- Dolly
Camera movements:
Moving the camera lens up and down while keeping in Horizontal Axis.
Tilt
Camera movements:
Moving the lens to one side or another. Look to your left then right.
Pan
Camera movements:
most familiar, involve changing focal length of the lens to make it appear closer or further away in the frame.
Zooming
Camera movements:
Moving the camera up and down without changing its vertical or horizontal axis
Pedastal
Camera movements:
Motion toward or motion from. in comparison with zoom, it doesn’t change the apparent depth of field.
Dolly
Composition (7)
- Eye level
- Rule of thirds
- Low Angle
- High Angle
- Oblique/Canted Angle
- Handheld Shots
- Bird’s eye view
Composition:
- A fairly neutral shot
- the camera is positioned as though it is a human actually observing a scene, so that character’s heads are on a level with the focus.
- The camera will be placed approximately five to six feet from the ground.
- Most Journalistically sound, especially when covering issues with 2 sides.
Eye Level
Composition:
- Allows camera operator to move in and out of scenes with greater speed.
- Gives a jerky, ragged affect, totally at odds with the organized smoothness of a tripod shot.
- Good for a gritty realism, which involves the viewer very closely with a scene.
- if possible, ALWAYS use a tripod when filming. shaky shots can be very distracting.
Handheld shots
Composition:
- These increase height and give a sense of speeded motion.
- Sense of confusion to the viewer of powerless within the action of a scene.
- Background will tend to be just sky or ceiling, the lack of detail about the setting adding to the disorientation of the viewer.
- Added height of the object may make it inspire fear and insecurity in the viewer.
Low Angle
Composition:
- Camera is elevated above the action.
- Make the object seem smaller, and less significant (or scary)
- The object or character often gets swallowed up by their setting - they become part of a wider picture.
High Angle
Composition:
- Camera is tilted
- Suggest imbalance, transition and instability.
- POV shots
- Hand held shots is often used for this
Oblique/Canted Angle
Type of shots (4) with extras
- Extreme Wide
- Establishing shots - Wide
- Medium
- Medium Close up - Tight
-Extreme Tight
Type of shots:
Very distant view of subjects, relative to other shots.
Extreme Wide Shots
Type of shots:
First second of video shows setting and sets mood in our broadcast.
Establishing shots
Type of shots:
- Shows the big picture from side to side and front to back
- a person’s entire body is visible on the screen. (Head to toe)
- it shows a lot of the area and environment but it moves closer to the subject so it can be seen more easily.
Wide
Type of shots:
Closer to scene; advances action and information to understand why of location and action’ shows a person from the waist up.
Medium shot
Type of shots:
shows a person from the chest
Medium Close up
Type of shots:
on a single object; person’s head and down to just below the shoulders; reveals details of emotions and personality, tension and excitement on person’s face.
Tight shot
Type of shots:
relative to other shots, a small part of person’s body; it is okay to cut off the top of a person’s head, but never cut off their chin remember the rule of thirs about the persons eye
Extreme tight close up
