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Framing & Storyboard

Week 2

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Cinematography

  • Motion picture/Film/Video is made up of many shots.
  • Each shot requires placing the camera in the best position for that particular moment in the narrative.
  • Shot is continuous view shot by one camera without interruption.
  • Sequence is a series of scenes, or shots, complete in itself.
  • Scene defines the place or setting where the action is laid.
  • A scene may consist of series of shots or sequences depicting a continuous event.

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Earliest Cinema

Cinema technique is all about manipulating shots and sequence that isolating part of it to look at and in what order to see them.

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Shot Size

The shot size determines how large the area that’s visible within the frame.

  1. Extreme wide shot
  2. Wide shot
  3. Medium wide shot
  4. Medium shot
  5. Medium close-up shot
  6. Close-up shot
  7. Extreme close-up shot

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Watch the video

John Lewis Christmas Advert 2014

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https://youtu.be/i1Ii27b5uEs

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Can you name the shot size for each shots?

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Over the shoulder shot - O.S

The over-shoulder shot shows the subject from behind the shoulder of another person.

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Over the shoulder shot - O.S

The over-shoulder shot may not always feature the 'shoulder' in the foreground. Instead, the aim is to present the point of view from the foreground character's perspective.

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Question: Why the bottom shot IS NOT an O.S shot?

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Watch the video

"Unsung Hero", Thai Life Insurance Ad

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https://youtu.be/uaWA2GbcnJU

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Can you name the shot size for each shots?

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Flipped Classroom: Depth of field

  • What are the foreground, midground, and background in composition? Provide an image for explanation.
  • What is depth of field?
  • What is deep depth of field? Provide an image for explanation.
  • What is shallow depth of field? Provide an image for explanation.

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Flipped Classroom: 180 degree rule

  • What is the 180 degree rule?
  • What is screen direction?
  • What happens if the camera crosses the line?

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Flipped Classroom: Screen direction

  • What is dynamic screen direction?

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Screen direction, moving subject:

1. https://www.studiobinder.com/blog/what-is-screen-direction-in-film/

2. https://www.videomaker.com/videonews/2014/02/secrets-of-screen-direction-and-continuity-of-motion/

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Shooting Exercise: Framing

  • Close-Up shot
  • Frontal MCU (soft background)
  • Frontal MS (soft background)
  • Extreme Close-Up shot

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  • Side angle MS (soft background)
  • ¾ angling MCU shot (with blurry/soft foreground)
  • Low angle Wide shot
  • Eye-Level Medium-Wide shot

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Facial modelling is best when subject is turned 45º (¾ angling) to the camera. Front and side of the face, if properly lighted will appear round and eyes are displayed fully.

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Subject Angle: Composition

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Framing shooting Exercise Reminder

  • Shoot landscape format video, 5 seconds per shot.
  • Shoot wide shot with wide angle.
  • The rest ZOOM IN to get soft background.
  • Refer to the examples provided or google references for GOOD composition.
  • Avoid overexposed or underexposed (too bright or too dark).
  • Do the shooting during day time.
  • Edit with CAPTION (Mention the shot size), export video for submission.

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Premiere Pro Editing Exercise 1

Download the footage:

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1LGt1c2xPYia6gzLQGG_IuLnXgLvQnJvu?usp=sharing

View the Original video:

https://youtu.be/dSvEKiRB8EY

Watch the Editing tutorial video:

https://youtu.be/mmQHkApEREM

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