In films and TV shows, majority of the narrative is built around the character’s point of view/perspective. Sometimes, that can feel limiting. But, what about when the director decides to pull you out of the film’s world and remind you that you’re a mere spectator and nothing else? In this blog, we’re going to go […]
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It can be difficult to push your audience to identify with the characters while only using camera movement. But it is possible with the right techniques. Today, we’ll review the dolly shot and learn how you can use them creatively to bring the audience into your characters’ world. Let’s glide into this one! DOLLY SHOTS
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Success in making a blockbuster movie is the result of collaboration and overall teamwork from the actors, crew, pre-production team, post-production team, writers, cinematographers, and most of all the directors. Directors are the visionaries, whose jobs are more than saying “action” and “cut!” A true filmmaker or director does not rely on budget alone, regardless
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Aspect Ratio: A Short Description The basic idea behind aspect ratios is fairly simple. Typically you’ll see them labeled two numbers, divided by a colon. An Aspect Ratio is a proportional relationship between an image’s width and height. Essentially, it is used to describe an image’s shape. Aspect ratios are written as a formula of
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Finding the right location is important to any film as it can give the most powerful and the most believable strength to a scene. Therefore for credibility reasons choosing a location should be your favoured choice over a studio set that is, a film would be more believable if it were shot in a natural
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With all the stuff that you film-makers and film-enthusiasts can do, from my personal experience – I know that lighting for video or photography can be a real pain. This blog aim’s to be a basic tutorial of one of the most commonly used lighting techniques in film and photography. Three-point illumination is a typical
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If you’ve been wanting to break into filmmaking, it’s extremely important to have a solid understanding of the technical elements involved in the production of a film. This blog aims to provide that information in a nutshell. So let’s get started! You know when you’re talking to someone and trying to explain how you feel
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In traditional film production, multiple cameras are often used to shoot each scene. (See the camera positions A, B, and C in the figure on the right). Actors play the same scene a number of times until the director is satisfied with their performance and also until each scene is recorded using all the camera
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A close-up shot is a photograph or shot taken of a subject or object at close range intended to offer the viewer more detail on the subject. The imagery in the frame should be identifiable. When the close-up is used on an actor, it creates a more critical emotional connection between your audience and the
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In film or television, an ‘over the shoulder’ shot is when the camera is positioned behind one character and facing another, so the one character’s shoulder and back face the audience. In other words, the shoulder of an off-screen actor is in the foreground while the on-screen actor has complete coverage. The off-screen actor’s shoulder
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Watch now our iPhone vs. Arri Alexa video on YouTube. The iPhone X has a pretty powerful camera but how does it match up with one of the industries favorites, the ‘Arri Alexa’?? With some post-processing work, and if you know what you’re doing, you can get some decent footage from the iPhone. That being
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