Monday, October 16, 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).









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