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The Dolly Shot: Creative Uses of Camera Movements, Shots, Angles – By Jason Hellerman

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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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Filmmaking 101: What Makes A Good Director?

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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 and what you need to know about it

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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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Lights, Camera, Apple: Tech Giant’s Billion-Dollar Investment to Revolutionize Cinema Industry

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Apple’s recent announcement that it will be investing $1 billion annually in the cinema industry has sent shockwaves through the entertainment world. As reported by Bloomberg, the tech giant is committing to multiple theatrical releases and will use theaters to market its streaming service. This marks a significant shift in the relationship between tech platforms

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The 8 Technical Elements in Film Production

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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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A Full Shot: What is it & what are its uses?

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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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What is a Close-Up shot? How did it emerge & how it’s used in film

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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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What is a Close-Up shot? How did it emerge & how it’s used in film.

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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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What is Shallow Depth of Field and how is it used?

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If you have your interest in photography or cinematography, you might be aware of the different tips and tricks out there that you can use to make your images or videos more powerful. Cinematic effects in a video add so much more value and meaning to a shot. This blog post covers a shot technique

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Why Shoot a Film Atleast Once in your Lifetime?

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All our lives are a movie, and we are all the directors of it. We all have our unique individual stories, and we adjust them or tell new ones as we grow. Look at it this way, start separating people around you from your family members to your friends to individuals that you walk past

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