Preliminary Exercise 10: Camera Movement Organizer Blog Post

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Hello hello! Guess what we are talking about in this post? That's right, camera movement!!

So, what is camera movement? Well, camera movement is how a camera moves during a scene. Pretty simple right?

Camera movement is an important part of planning a film, because it puts "seasoning" on a scene. It enhances the scene, to make it more enjoyable for the audience.

A camera can move in multiple ways to tell a story, but 4 ways a camera can move are:

• Left-to-right
• Up-and-down
• Zooming in
• Zooming out

Like I said before, camera movement can make the audience feel a wide range of emotions. For example, suspense is one emotion usually felt with intense sudden camera movement. Also, it makes the audience feel more interested in the film. For me at least, every time that I spot a cool kind of camera movement, I'm in awe. It's amazing to see how cinematographers come up with such awesome ways to portray camera movement.

For this assignment, the goal is to understand camera movement, so we can put it to use later. I created a PowerPoint template of an organizer, so my team and I can fill out information to fully portray 12 camera movements in film.

Now, let me show you what we did!

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Reflection...

All in all, the objective of this activity was to create a "Camera Movement Technique" organizer showing the many ways a camera can be moved to narrate a story.

There was this YouTube video called "Whiplash vs. Black Swan - The Anatomy of the Obsessed Artist" made by Lessons from the Screenplay. It's a video essay comparing and contrasting the two movies. As I watched this video, I noticed that both movies show camera movements that illustrate the character's emotions. If the character was feeling stressed, then the camera would move frantically. I found it intriguing, and that's how I got introduced to camera movement techniques in film.

As mentioned previously, I created a PowerPoint template organizer, so that we can fill out information about camera movement.

We decided that since there are 4 of us, we should split up the 12 camera movements by 3. 

I created the template, and I did the first three techniques. Khloe R. did the second set of three techniques. 

Lexi M. did the third set of techniques, while Marley B. did the fourth set of techniques. We then filled out the organizer together, using icons and pictures (created by us) to illustrate examples of the techniques.

The only app used was PowerPoint. I would say we were all experts at utilizing the app.

I learned how camera movements make a film unique. It also helps the audience feel a certain kind of emotion based on which technique is used. Thanks for popping in! P is officially signing off.

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WORK CITED

DeGuzman, K., Kyle DeGuzman                                                                                                                                                                            Kyle DeGuzman graduated from San Diego State University with a Bachelo and Kyle DeGuzman graduated from San Diego State University with a Bachelor of Science in Television (2023) Watch: Ultimate guide to camera movement: When & how to use camera movement... explained, StudioBinder. Available at: https://www.studiobinder.com/blog/different-types-of-camera-movements-in-film/ (Accessed: 12 December 2023). 

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

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Welcome back to my blog guys.  ପ(๑•ᴗ•๑)ଓ ♡⋆˙ In this post, I will be discussing  the definition of filming on site, cinematography, more about camerawork, and I am submitting the last eight photos of this two-part assignment. 

Filming on site means when a film crew films in a real environment rather than on a sound stage. So for example, a film crew would film on public areas like abandoned streets.

One term that we learned for this assignment is cinematography. According to research, cinematography is the art of making motion-pictures. But not just anyone does this task. This task is specifically done by the cinematographer.

I mentioned in my last blog post that the photographer director works on camerawork, and I listed one noteworthy example of a directory of photography. Another example of one is, Bong Joon-Ho. He directed the movie "Parasite", a very disturbing but awesome movie. It was the first foreign movie to win the best picture Oscar! Many Koreans around the world celebrated this win. 

He won a lot of awards, like the Academy Award for Best Picture, Academy Award for Best Directing, Academy award for Best International Feature Film, and so many more deserving awards. 

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Shot 1

My cousin gets handed a birthday gift.

Shot Size: Close-Up

Camera Angle: Overhead Shot

Framing: Over-The-Shoulder Shot

Composition: Point of View, Deep Focus

Tone: Cheerful, Thoughtful

Shot 2

Two friends are engaging in a stare-down.

Shot Size: Extreme Close-Up

Camera Angle: Eye Level

Framing: Two Shot

Composition: Deep Focus

Tone: Intense

Shot 3

A hello kitty figurine is shown laying on the table. It's wearing a cat onesie.

Shot Size: Medium Shot

Camera Angle: Dutch Angle

Framing: Insert Shot

Composition: Shallow Focus

Tone: Cute

Shot 4

My cousin is admiring the nature around him.

Shot Size: Medium Full Shot

Camera Angle: Shoulder Level

Framing: Single Shot

Composition: Balance

Tone: Serenity

Shot 5

A Christmas Santa figurine is shown standing at a corner.

Shot Size: Extreme Close Up

Camera Angle: Dutch Angle

Framing: Insert Shot

Composition: Deep Focus

Tone: Cheery, Christmas Spirit

Shot 6

Visitors at a museum are shown walking around, enjoying everything around them.

Shot Size: Wide Shot

Camera Angle: High Angle

Framing: Crowd Shot

Composition: Horizontal

Tone: Intriguing

Shot 7

A student is trying to do the "Jojo Pose". This pose is from an anime called "Jojo's Bizarre Adventure".

Shot Size: Medium Shot

Camera Angle: Knee Level

Framing: Over-The-Shoulder

Composition: Color

Tone: Funny

Shot 8

A beautiful Christmas tree is displayed in a home.

Shot Size: Medium Full-Shot

Camera Angle: Ground Level

Framing: Point-Of-View

Composition: Shallow Focus

Tone: Festive, Beautiful

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Reflection

To conclude my blog, this assignment's objective was to shoot 8 more shots using the storyboard we created as a "blueprint". We also looked about cinematography and examples of notable cinematographers in society. As we looked at popular cinematographers, we felt inspired and ready to create our own piece of art (which in this case was taking pictures).

My team members and I stayed with the same roles as last time, to keep everything consistent and to not cause any confusion. Lexi M and Khloe R were the lovely cinematographers. They were a big help in producing the pictures and sending them to the rest of the team. Marley B was the amazing director, she conducted important research that helped us out a lot as well! She also helped us organize our work so that this assignment was perfect. Last but not least, I was the producer who helped with the shot ideas and I also sent in some images as well. 

We all worked together and as a result, our goal was reached! It took some strategizing and a lot of willpower, but we did it! I am very proud of my team.

The pictures were taken on my teammates phones, on the camera app. I think we were experts at this.

During this task, we obtained deeper knowledge about the art of cinematography in the filmmaking process. With this new understanding, we now can utilize this to our advantage, making sure that we too can enhance our films with this new skill. Thank you for reading! P is going offline.

 

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WORK CITED:

MarilynFilms.com (2018) Filming on location: Understanding and doing it: Marilynfilms.com - blog, Filming On Location: Understanding And Doing It | MarilynFilms.com - Blog. Available at: https://marilynfilms.com/filming-location-understanding-doing/#:~:text=What%20is%20generally%20meant%20by%20filming%20on%20location,a%20sense%20of%20greater%20realism%20to%20their%20films (Accessed: 12 December 2023).

Preliminary Exercise 8: Practicing Camerawork : Shot Sizes, Camera Angles, Framing, and Camera Composition Day 1

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Introduction Paragraph 

Greetings!! Today is all about camerawork! Camerawork is the way cameras are used to film movies, and it's important in film because it tells a deeper story, bigger than the one we see on screen. The 4 major categories that we considered when planning our shots were: shot size, camera angle, framing, and composition.

Shot size is the amount that a subject takes up in a particular scene, which is why it's called a "shot size". An example of one shot size, is an establishing shot, which introduces the story. 

Camera angle is the way the camera is pointed at a subject. One example of a camera angle is the "high angle", which shows inferiority. 

Framing is particularly looking at how many subjects are in the frame. One example of a type of framing shot is three-shot.

Last but not least, composition is the way a scene's aspects are fixed. For example, leading lines are one technique.

On a film's production team, a person known as the "Director of Photography" is needed to be in charge of camerawork. One example of a famous photography director is Matthew Libatique, who is known for films like "Black Swan" which is a beautiful movie documenting the traumatizing life of a passionate ballerina who wants to play black swan, and "Requiem for a Dream" which shows how drug addictions can really affect people's lives. Some awards that he won were:
He was nominated for an Oscar. 

He also won the Satellite Award for Best Cinematography.

He won the Independent Spirit Award for Best Cinematography.

He won the Film Critics Circle Award for Best Cinematographer. 

He was also nominated 40 times!

My team and I have to develop camerawork skills in order to create our film because without it, the film will be bland. There wouldn't be an interesting story behind the scenes.

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SHOT 1

A dark figure shown at the bottom of the stairs. 

Shot Size: Establishing Shot
Camera Angle: High Angle

Framing: One Shot

Composition: Horizontal lines, Depth of Field

Tone: Eerie, Uneasy

SHOT 2

A high school girl walks with pride outside of her school with her classmates,

Shot Size: Master Shot

Camera Angle: Shoulder Level

Framing: Crowd Shot

Composition: Leading Lines

Tone: Relaxed, Informal

SHOT 3

This shot is taking place at a high school's football field. You can see students sitting in the bleachers.

Shot Size: Wide Shot

Camera Angle: High Angle Shot

Framing: Crowd Shot

Composition: Leading Lines, Depth of Field

Tone: Tranquility

SHOT 4

You can see teachers and students waiting outside together. 

Shot Size: Full Shot

Camera Angle: Shoulder Level

Framing; Crowd Shot
Composition: Shallow Focus/Soft Deep Focus

Tone: Intriguing 

SHOT 5

Three cheerleaders are shown on screen while a football game is currently going on. One looks upset, while the two others look enthusiastic. The sky looks stormy.

Shot Size: Master Shot

Camera Angle: Shoulder level
Framing: Three Shot

Composition: Balance

Tone: Comedic

SHOT 6

A boy is shown cosplaying as a character from a famous anime (Inosuke from "Demon Slayer"), and you can see him pointing his sword to imitate the character.

Shot Size: Medium Shot
Camera Angle: High level

Framing: Single-Shot/One-Shot

Composition: Lines
Tone: Courageous

SHOT 7

My cousin is shown admiring the life of sea animals in an aquarium.

Shot Size: Medium Shot

Camera Angle: Close-Up Shot

Framing: Single-Shot/One-Shot

Composition: Depth of Field, Shallow Focus, Rule of Thirds

Tone: Calming, Aesthetically Pleasing

SHOT 8

Two students are shown in a class, looking down at a phone.

Shot Size: Medium Full Shot

Camera Angle: Low Angle
Framing: Two Shot
Composition: Balance

Tone: Silly

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REFLECTION PARAGRAPH

So, the objective of this activity was to apply all the film techniques we learned into 8 shots from our storyboard. My teammates and I did a great job with researching, taking the photos, and putting them in the right spots. It was a tedious process, but it was worth it because we finally finished the task. All of us took on roles like directing, set designing, acting, and being camerapersons. We used locations like our school campus and our homes. We used surrounding people as our characters, and most of the tones in our photos were unsettling. It was kind of easy to complete, because all we were doing was choosing photos with our planned out camerawork techniques already. For example, shot 1 shows an unsettling scene of a hard-to-make-out figure in a dark setting, which is one of our themes for our short film we are aiming to create later in the year.

Another example, shot 3 shows the social aspect that we are aiming to create in our short film later. 

We accomplished the task, by putting together all of our skills and brains to create the end product. My teammate Marley B, helped with research. My teammates Lexi M and Khloe R helped with camerawork. We all brainstormed ideas for completing this activity.

We used our phones to take the pictures. I consider us all experts.

In the end, we discovered that camerawork plays an immense role in filmmaking. We can use this skill as a tool to help interest our target audiences. Camerawork is one of the important steps to making a successful film for any filmmaker. Thank you for tuning in! P is logging off.

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WORK CITED

(No date) Camerawork | definition in the Cambridge english dictionary. Available at: https://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/dictionary/english/camerawork (Accessed: 20 December 2023)

(No date) Camerawork | definition in the Cambridge english dictionary. Available at: https://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/dictionary/english/camerawork (Accessed: 20 December 2023).

McGregor, L. (2021) The filmmaker’s guide to the establishing shot, The Beat: A Blog by PremiumBeat. Available at: https://www.premiumbeat.com/blog/filmmakers-guide-establishing-shot/ (Accessed: 20 December 2023).

https://www.studiobinder.com/blog/types-of-camera-shot-angles-in-film/ 

https://www.studiobinder.com/blog/types-of-camera-shot-frames-in-film/ 

https://www.studiobinder.com/blog/rules-of-shot-composition-in-film/ 

https://www.studiobinder.com/blog/best-cinematographers/ 

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

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Hi everyone! For this blog, we are continuing our storyboarding process. For storyboarding, the first thing that needs to be done is breaking down the script. The storyboarding team must find what scenes they want to choose. Storyboarding every part of the film isn't the best way to go, so they choose the most important scenes to break down.

Next, the chosen scenes need to be roughly sketched out. This helps the production team visualize the story.

Now, the team needs to clean up the drawings, enhancing certain details. Afterwards, the artists focus on the composition of the scenes. Then, the whole storyboard gets reviewed by peers, to ensure that it's perfect to film. They can also use digital apps to help with cleaning up the storyboard as well.

The skills that are required for making a storyboard are artistic skills(for drawing the images), and storytelling skills.

The objective of sheets #3 and #4 were to continue our storyboarding process from sheet #1 and #2, and to draw them with precision and meaning.

The categories used for this assignment were shot sizes(, camera angles, framing, and composition.

For Sheet 3:

Shot Sizes: Close-Up Shot, Extreme Close-Up, Medium Shot, Medium Full Shot

Camera Angles: Canted/Dutch Angle, Eye Level, Shoulder Level, Overhead

Camera Framing: Single shot, Two shot, Over the Shoulder Shot, Insert Shot

Composition: Deep focus, Shallow Focus, Balance, Point of View Shot

For Sheet 4:

Shot Sizes: Wide shot, 2 Medium Shots, Extreme Close-Up Shot

Camera Angles: Knee Level, Ground Level, Dutch Angle, High Angle

Camera Framing: Insert Shot, Crowd Shot, Point of View, and Over the Shoulder

Composition: Deep focus, Balance, Lines Shape, Point, Color, and Shallow Focus

sheet 3:

sheet 4:

 Reflection

To conclude, the objective of this activity was to learn how to make storyboards, and how to convey a story with them. 

In my opinion, this activity was way easier than the first two sheets. Once my group and I completed those two sheets, it was more manageable to focus on the last two. We did accomplish the goal of this task.

Khloe R was the main person to work on these two sheets. My teammates split up the 4 papers between the 4 of us. I did the first, Lexi M did the second, Khloe R. did the third and fourth, and Marley B. did research and also aided us in all the papers. We used computers only to get this assignment done.

From this whole experience, my team and I learned how storyboards play a huge role in creating a film. Without storyboards, the film would be out of place and disorganized.  My team did an amazing job on collaborating to get this task done. Thanks for popping in!

Work Cited

https://www.careersinfilm.com/storyboarding/#:~:text=The%20storyboarding%20process%20involves%20the,be%20clearly%20visualized%20and%20understood. 

https://www.cgspectrum.com/career-pathways/storyboard-artist#:~:text=Storyboard%20artists%20need%20to%20be,skills%20as%20a%20storyboard%20artist