Preliminary Exercise 10: Camera Movement Techniques Organizer

 Introduction

     Camera movement is the way a the object used to film a scene moves to make each scene more alive and adds depth to it. The significance of camera movement in the planning of a film is very crucial because in order to make the scene the way you planned it or how you want it to go it would have to be more organized so it’ll go exactly how you planned the mood to be. A camera could mover left to right, or up to down and down to up. Each of these movements has its own meaning to the director and audience. By that I mean, the camera movements could make the scene and makes the audience feel a certain way because of how it is composed. In this assignment, the Objective is to research different types of camera movements and to analyze and understand them.

Reflection

Me and my team objective was to create a PowerPoint containing these key camera movement terms and have an illustration to describe each. We had to take notes and share our notes amongst each other so we could have all of the information we needed. Evan did the first 4 words, Joshua did the next 4 words and I did the last 3 words. Woodson did the design and illustrations for the PowerPoint. This assignment was pretty light and easy. 

Work Cited

Guide to camera moves: 13 types of camera movement - 2023 (no date) MasterClass. Available at: https://www.masterclass.com/articles/guide-to-camera-moves (Accessed: 11 December 2023).

Preliminary Exercise 9: Practicing Camerawork: Shot Sizes, Camera Angles, Framing, and Camera Composition Day 2

 Introduction

        Filming on a site or in other words, Filming location is the place where productions and shots are taken place. Cinematography is the art of photography, visual story telling and how all the elements comprises to create such a story. The person mainly in charge of the cinematography is the cinematographer/ the director of photography. Another person who was famous for their cinematography is Gordon Willis. The movies he has shot is Manhattan(1979) and Annie Hall(1977).

Shots 9-11

Shot#9 Woodsons passes someone in a grocery store.

Shot size: Medium

Camera Angle: overhead

Framing: Two shot

Composition: Deep

Shot#10 Woodson is checking out the vegetables.

Shot size: Medium full

Camera angle: Dutch

Framing: Single

Composition: Balance

Shot#11 Woodson is examining the bell peppers.

Shot size: Extreme Close up

Camera Angle: shoulder

Framing: over the shoulder

Composition: shallow

Shot#12 Woodson picks up s bell pepper 

Shot size: Close up

Camera angle: Eye level

Framing: Insert

Composition: point of view

Shots 13-16

Shot#13 Woodson is at the library checking out books.

Shot size: medium

Camera angle: shoulder

Framing: crowd

Composition: Shallow

Shot#14 Emma searches for more books.

Shot size: wide shot

Camera angle: over the head

Framing: over the shoulder

Composition: lines and shapes

Shot#15 Emma finds a book.

Shot size: Extreme close

Camera angle: knee level

Framing: Insert

Composition: Deep

Shot#16 Woodson examines the books.

Shot size: Medium

Camera angle: ground

Framing: point of view 

Composition: color

Reflection

   This activity has the same objective as Exercise 8 but these shots contains harder components for the shots. The roles stayed the same expect when we needed our director (Evan) to become an extra character for our shot. We did end up creating our shots and being successful at finishing them. As always, I was in charge of the editing, drawing and planning, Woodson was the main actor, Joshua did research and Evan was in charge of filming. 

Work-cited

Film 101: What is cinematography and what does a cinematographer do? - 2023 (no date) MasterClass. Available at: https://www.masterclass.com/articles/film-101-what-is-cinematography-and-what-does-a-cinematographer-do (Accessed: 14 November 2023).

J.B. (2022) The 20 best cinematographers of all time: Wedio, Become better creators - together. Available at: https://academy.wedio.com/famous-cinematographers/ (Accessed: 14 November 2023). 

Preliminary Exercise 8: Practicing Camerawork: Shot Sizes, Camera Angles, Framing, and Camera Composition Day

 Introduction

       Camerawork is techniques used to make the general composition of a scene. It is important to filmmaking because it helps directors shift the audience’s view without cutting. The 4 major categories that I consider when planning my camera shots are shot sizes, camera angles, framing, and composition in film. Shot sizes refer to the size of the frame relative to the people, figures and/or objects within the frame, for example an establishing shot is a shot when you see where the setting is and where the scene is taking place. A camera angle is the angle that the camera is positioned for example, a low angle is where the camera is positioned almost under the subject and usually there to communicate dominance to the audience. Framing is the placement of objects within the frame, For example a two shot is where two characters are shown in the scene. Composition is an arrangement of elements in your film, mainly subjects representing Mise en scene. The cinematographer is mainly the one in charge of the camerawork in film production. Roger Deakins is one of the famous cinematographers that was said to have a way of filming people in a very unique way. The films that Roger Deakins contributed in was Blade runner and Empire of Light. He won the Academy Award for Best Cinematography in 2020. It is important for my team and I to develop camerawork skills because we need our audience to really capture the feeling in each shot and scene and understand why we composed the scenes the way that we did.

Shots 1-4

Shot#1 Selina and Woodson is sitting on the benches outside of their school.

Shot size: Establishing shot

Camera Angle: High

Framing: Point of view 

composition: Shapes

Shot# 2 Selina and Woodson are talking to each other.

Shot size: Master

Camera Angle: Eye Level

Framing: Over the shoulder 

Composition: rule of thirds 

Shot #3 Woodson leaves the table after the conversation.

Shot size: Wide shot

Camera Angle: Eye level

Framing: Insert shot

Composition: Shallow Focus

Shot#4 Woodson enters the building.

Shot Size: Full

Camera Angle: Eye level 

Framing: single shot

Composition: asymmetrical

Shots 5-8

Shot #5: Woodson is sitting at a dining table.

Shot size: Medium close up

Camera angle: Low

Framing: Single 

Composition: Shallow

Shot #6 Woodson is talking to the waiter.

Shot Size: medium

Camera angle: High

Framing: Single

Composition: Color

Shot# 7 Both Selina and Woodson is talking to the waiter.

Shot Size: medium Full

Camera angle: Shoulder level

Framing: Three shot

Composition: Deep

Shot#8 Selina and Woodson is having a conversation.

Shot size: Master

Camera angle: eye level

Framing: Two shot

Composition: Balance

Reflection

       The objective of this assignment was to actually bring our storyboard to life. We followed the key components in teach shot and followed it to make the real life shots. I learned in my still shots that it was much harder to gather up the content and create a real life image since we had to make the still shots more realistic. The location that we chose for these 8 shots was school and a restaurant and the characters were just us showcasing what we do in our everyday life. The tones were pretty simple, nothing too exciting since our story lines were supposed to demonstrate what we do in our everyday life. Creating our shot were definitely harder considering we were bring our imagination to life and we had to work inside and outside of school just to take the shots. Evan used his Camera and Tripod to take each shot and he perfected all of them, I was one of the extra characters while Woodson was the main. I was also in charge of editing the pictures and making sure nothing in the pictures seemed off. And Joshua was in charge of research as always. 

Work- Cited

Cinematography (2023) Encyclopædia Britannica. Available at: https://www.britannica.com/topic/cinematography (Accessed: 12 November 2023). 

Preliminary Exercise 7: Storyboarding Camerawork: Shot Sizes, Camera angles, Framing and Camera Composition Post 1: Day 2

 Introduction

       In making a storyboard, you need the following: identify how u want your scene to be first, drafting paper to do the first couple of sketches, an action line,  and your camerawork for each shot. One of the crucial skills for creating a storyboard is knowing how to compose neat sketches, so you would be able to understand what the shot is going to be. The objective of sheets #3 and #4 is to create shot with a bit hard camera work keys. Like sheets #1 and #2, we had to create a mini story for each story board. The categories of camerawork techniques that was introduced in this assignment was once again, shot sizes, camera angles, framing and composition.

My Storyboards #3 & #4

Storyboard 3

Storyboard 4

Reflection

        I learned more camerawork concepts in Day 2 of storyboard. Especially composition and framing. Day 2 was way more difficult since the harder concepts were added to the shots. They were a bit more difficult to understand how to create the shot because of the key components we were given to make the shots. In the end, we ended up figuring the shots out and Joshua did research on how each shot is supposed to be. Then I drew while Evan took pictures of Woodson for each shot. This assignment was also kind of hard to edit and take pictures on an iPhone. I edited the pictures on my iPad and used a tripod to take shots where no one would be available to take the pictures on their own or take over head shots.

Work-Cited

Vyond Team on January 11, 2023 (2023a) What is a storyboard & how do you create one? (with video), Vyond. Available at: https://www.vyond.com/resources/what-is-a-storyboard-and-why-do-you-need-one/ (Accessed: 12 November 2023). 

Preliminary Exercise 6: Storyboarding Camerawork: Shot Sizes, Camera angles, Framing and Camera Composition Post 1: Day 1

 Introduction

       A storyboard is a visual representation of how your videos will come together, shot by shot and it is composed sometimes by drawings. Filmmakers use storyboards to prepare for production, to illustrate a story and show the changes of a scene. Filmmakers also see storyboarding as a way to save money by following the concepts that made them money in the first place. In addition, film production is the process of filming and bringing motion pictures alive to create one big film and the products my team and I are producing is a storyboard and sixteen shots that is showcasing camerawork. Camerawork is photographed pictures composed of different elements to capture the theme of those pictures. It is important for us, as students, to take camera work seriously so we could capture the root feeling of our photos and we wouldn’t repeat the same composition of the photo more than once. The categories of camerawork techniques that I will be applying in this assignment is shot sizes, camera angles, framing and composition.

My Storyboards 1 & 2

Storyboard 1

Storyboard 2

Reflection

        Our assignment objective was to learn about the different key camerawork shots and how to combine them to create a shot for a story board. We also had to learn why and how these type of media texts were produced in film industries and the process of making these media products. I learned that storyboards are there for film makers to be more organized with their shots and have a better visual representation on how they want their scene to look like. My team and I created storyboard 1 and 2 and composed different scenes for each so we would have a better understanding of how each camerawork element would fit in each shot and how it comes together to make a mini story. My team and I prepared for this assignment by gathering all the products we need in order to film, for example our phones, and planned out the places we were going to take these shots. Day 1 was pretty light for us, it didn’t takes us long to create the scene we wanted to because we understood how camerawork worked and we gathered up our knowledge and creativity to create our storyboard. The people that contributed to the story were Evan S. Woodson M. Joshua P. And I, Selina B. Evan took the pictures, Joshua did the research, I did the drawings and Woodson was the main actor for the pictures. The media tools used most in this assignment was the camera and the tripod because we were focused on trying to get each shot correctly than anything else. Evan was pretty good at creating the shots and I was there to edit the photos to make them how we really wanted. 

Work-Cited

Vyond Team on January 11, 2023 (2023) What is a storyboard & how do you create one? (with video), Vyond. Available at: https://www.vyond.com/resources/what-is-a-storyboard-and-why-do-you-need-one/ (Accessed: 12 November 2023).