Posted on October 9, 2017June 26, 2018 in Cinematographer, Cinematography, Director, Film Micro Elements, Production Roles

Basic Composition

Lesson 2

Framing (distance)

Your mission for today’s lesson is to direct and shoot the following images. For this you will have to alternate taking the images and being the subject for your partner. You will have to take on the role of director and of cinematographer to ensure you get the shots you need.

Once you have completed your mission you should return to the classroom where you will upload your treasure to your masters computer (teachers’ machine D Drive). You then need to collate the data.

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Shot No	Shot Size	Camera Movement	Descriptions
1	MS	Static	Back to camera, character bored
2	Wide angle	Static	The front of the SFC or Main School Entrance
3	MCU (Low Angle)	Static	Traffic sign or door
4	ELS	Static	Character sits on a step (relaxed)
5	LS (Canted Angle) to MCU	Static	Character walks towards camera (confident)
6	ECU	Static	Eyes look nervously off to one side
7	CU	Static	In profile character looks thoughtful
8	MLS (High Angle)	Static	Character stand waits outside door (nervous)
9	Over the shoulder to LS	Static	See the shoulder and head – object in background

Independent Study

Here is a follow up video for you to watch on another 5 best shots of all time:

Posted on October 9, 2017June 26, 2018 in Cinematographer, Cinematography, Film Micro Elements, Production Roles

Introduction to the Camera

Lesson 1

The creative intention

Whenever you go and make some film in the IB course, you must define your creative intention. That intention must go at the start of your reflective journal post and should be in your mind as you are making the film or completing the exercise.

You should also use this creative intention to measure how successful you have been. Did you meet your intention, did you learn anything new or even by accident. How far do you think the finished product (edit) meets your initial intentions? It really doesn’t matter if it doesn’t learning happens all the time, so long as we are open and reflective learners.