Directing! Week 5

Camera Movement
Composition


The Invisible Hand

Themes
Good woman / Bad woman

Power = Suit - Corporate towers
Focus on man


Shots out in street.
Public Domain

What topics am I interested in?
What matters to meh?
Woyt is rly imperpoetantt lol rofl


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"Dead moment"
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Funding: Creative NZ

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Camera Movement

Has to be motivated
Should provide new visual interest

Shot composition

Point of view

SAASASAS
Every scene should matter
No scene should not advance story
Dialogue can be improved by location.
Walking?
Side by side?



COMPOSITION
(Compose)

Umbrella word eh eh eh
To decide choosing which set of camera parameters to employ.
Composing an image is the process of selecting which set of techniques to employ.

-Shows the audience where to look
-Communicates, clear significance of shots
-No confusion about the shots


Digital Intermediate
Involves:
Lens height
Camera Angle
Frame (What size, positioning of subject)
Composition is central to invisible technique

To achieve good composition, every shot has to be taken into account.
-What is the dominant visual element
-What other visual element distracts us, or competes for attention?
-How does the size of the shot and camera angle relate to the previous and proceeding shots?
(Lighting shouldn't change)
-What motivates the camera movement?
Out of the screen
-What visually dynamic does the shot have to be?

"I AM YOUR FATHER lol"

Opening and end shots (Visually interesting)

-What part does colour play in the film?
-What part do objects in focus and depth of field play in the comp.?

-Is the purpose of the shot clearly achieved?
If isolated, is it appropriate to have lots of people in frame?
If moved to new country?



COMPOSITION FTW
Arranging all the visual elements in the frame in a way that makes the image satisfactory and a complete whole.
interrogation of the image is obtained by the positioning of mass, colour, and light, in the most pleasing arrangement.

Is this an objective/subjective judgment?
Old news = objective
Nowadays, more subjective (Personal viewpoint)

Aesthetically pleasing

Composition:
Jane Campian
Vincent Ward


DOES THE SHOT WORK FFS!?
-Does the image attract and holf our attention?
-Is it accessible to normal human perception?
(Buried in clutter)
-What elements in the shot maintain visual interest?
-Does the image convey by content, or by it's mood the intended information?
-Is the image relevant to the content?
Fish tank in The Graduate.
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-Does it conform to the visual conventions of the genre
GHENREE


CAN GOOD COMPOSITION BE INTUITIVE?

What helps good composition choices?
1-Knowing the intention or idea or message to be communicated by the shot is.
Good prep/ communication

2-An understanding of Perception - the way the mind organizes info.

Groupings
Patterns
Shape
Form
Which helps us to read images

Wide shot 2 woman through women = objective

The comp must do cool things
Audience will stop trying, if comp too fail.


Concept/Concrete