Cameras. DAY 1 MATERIAL Pt 1: Basic Camera Functions Pt 2: Simple Types of Shots Pt 3: Standard Framing Practices.

Cameras

DAY 1 MATERIAL

• Pt 1: Basic Camera Functions• Pt 2: Simple Types of Shots• Pt 3: Standard Framing Practices

RATE YOUR KNOWLDEGE

On a scale of 1-10, rate what you know about these:•White balance•2 Shot•Over the shoulder shot•Headroom•Look space•Closure

Define the ones you know.

Pt. 1: White BalanceTells the camera what white is.

White Balance is different for indoor and outdoor lighting.

Pt. 1: White Balance

Pt. 1: White BalanceHow to white balance:

Focus on a white object where you will be filming.

Press and hold the ‘white balance’ button.

Wait until viewfinder displays ‘OK’.

Pt. 2: Head & Shoulders Shot

Shot containing a person’s head & shoulders

Pt. 2: 2-ShotShot with 2 people in it

Pt. 2: Over-the-Shoulder Shot

Camera looks over person’s shoulder at another person

Pt. 2: Close-UpEyes should be in the upper one-

third of the screen

Pt. 3: HeadroomThe amount of room between a person’s head and the top of the screen

Pt. 3: LookspaceThe amount of room between someone’s nose and the side of the screen

Pt. 3: Lead RoomThe amount of space left in front of

a person or object in the direction that they are moving

Pt. 3: Background

Don’t have things sticking out of people’s heads.

Pt. 3: ClosurePsychological closure.Minds fill in information that we cannot see on screen

DAY 2 MATERIAL

• Pt. 1: Camera Movements• Pt. 2: Tips for Good Movements

RATE YOUR KNOWLDEGE

On a scale of 1-10, rate what you know about these:•Panning•Pedestaling•Dollying vs Trucking•Locking the tripod

Define the ones you know.

Pt. 1: PanningMoving camera lens left to right

Pt. 1: TiltingMoving camera lens up & down

Pt. 1: Pedestaling• Increasing or decreasing the elevation of the

camera

Pt. 1: ZoomZooming the camera lens in and out

Closer to or further from subject

Pt. 1: Dolly• Moving the camera forward or backward on wheels

Comparison

Pt. 1: Truck• Moving the camera left or right on wheels

Pt. 1: Arc

Example

Pt. 2: Tips for Good Movements• USE A TRIPOD! NO HANDHELD SHOTS!• Lock-down the tripod head.– Practice your move.– Lock whatever part of the tripod isn’t being used for

movement. • If you only need a tilt, lock the pan and pedestal.

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DAY 3 MATERIAL• Pt. 1: Golden Age of Cinema Rules: Continuity

Pt. 1: ContinuityConsistency of characteristics in a

filmCharactersObjectsPlotPlaces

Light Sound

Pt. 1: Continuity

Pt. 1: Continuity

Pt. 1: Continuity• Movement– Preserving motion continuity– Similar to vectors and sporting events

• Color–White balance– Tape in the same conditions, if possible.

• Audio– Tape entire voice-over at once.–Maintain background noise

Pt. 1: Continuity• Vectors–Maintaining screen positions.– Don’t change angles.– TV shoots sporting events from same side of

the field.• 180 Degree Rule–Characters or elements in the same scene

should always have the same left/right relationship to each other.

Pt. 1: 180-Degree Rule

Pt. 1: 180-Degree Rule

Pt. 1: 180-Degree Rule

Pt. 1: 30-Degree Rule

Pt. 1: Similar Framing Rule

• Generally, avoid switching between similarly framed shots of the same subject.– Don’t switch from a CU of Mr. Bloem to another camera

shooting an CU of Mr. Bloem.