Tuesday, March 19, 2013

Composition

Field Production

Technology is only the tool. The tools are used to create something...like a story.

Low angle shots:
shot power, expose something in the background.
Low angles indoors..almost seems clostraphobic, hits the cieling..where as outdoors, the actor is almost in the sky.

High angle
sometimes it's just "a cool shot"not intended to make the basketball players inferior

Perspective (Canted/Dutch/Oblique Angle)

Perspective (Point of View)

Composition
Foreground, Middle-ground, Background

You can use the forground to create a new shape of the screen (such as looking out a cave or tree's leaves.


Composition
Leading Lines
(THINK ABOUT THIS AS SETTING UP SHOTS)

Composition
Simplicity

Balance

Symmetry
very formal, controlled
(Kubric One Point Perspective)





Take Home Test was handed out today.
DUE MARCH 28