Friday, October 25, 2013

Screwdriver





Lighting

The Christmas lights are still in the making, but I'm currently making a fifty in this class so I felt it was okay to post it. The moon needs to have a slightly lower glow intensity also.

Wednesday, October 2, 2013

Camera Angles



Extreme Long Shot--An extreme long shot can be taken from as much as a quarter of a mile away and is commonly used as a scene-setting establishing shot
 Camera angle: Extreme Long Shot









Long Shot--Generally a shot that shoes the image as approximately life size.
 Camera angle: Long shot

Full Shot--typically shows the entire object or human figure and is usually intended to place it in some relation to its surroundings


Mid-Shot--contains a figure from the knees/waist up and is normally used for dialogue scenes, or to show some detail of action
Camera angle:  Medium shot
Close-Up--Shows very little background, and concentrated either on a face of a specific detail of a scene
Camera angle: close up

Extreme Close-Up--magnifies beyond what the human eye would see in reality, with no background detail whatsoever
Camera angle:  Extreme Close Up
Bird's-Eye--shows a scene from directly overhead, very unnatural and strange


High Angle--camera is elevated above the action to give a general overview



Eye Level--fairly neutral spot; the camera is positioned as though a human is actually observing a scene


Low Angle--These increase height and give a sense of speeded motion and give the viewer a sense of confusion or powerlessness


I like the extreme long shot (obviously not for all purposes), the mid shot, and the close up shot (also not for all purposes).