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).
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