The Camera Talks:

Introduction:

This is a mood board of 9 images that my group took around our school. We went around different locations and took various angled shots. All three of us took turns modelling and photographing. Overall, we finished the shoot with 50 images. This meant that we had more choices to choose from. This exercise helped my group learn about the effects the compositions of the images can have. For example, most of our high angled photos make the subjects look sad and powerless. This is because they didn’t fill the frame and therefore looked small/ helpless. Contrastingly, most of our low angled shots make us look strong and confident. In our extreme long shots the setting becomes more significant than in the extreme close ups. This is because there’s more of the setting/ location visible in the shot. I have learnt that when making a film, or a piece of media, the camera plays a massive part in the images overall meaning. Before the task, I assumed the only emotions we can feel is from the actors facial expressions. However, there’s several parts used in creating media that makes the audience see/feel something (aka: colours, camera angles, facial expressions, costumes, and make-up). For example, in one of our photos we tried to convey a story/ feeling of failure and loneliness. We did this by framing the shot of Kai next to the goal, holding his head down. For each location change we tried to change our poses and the cameras frames. The term media language means how the media text is conveyed to the audience. So when the media is photography (from a camera) the media language is the CLAMPS, and the types of camera shots used.