Preliminary Exercise 8: Practicing Camerawork: Shot Sizes, Camera Angles, Framing, and Camera Composition Day 1

Camera movements is the photography produced by a camera and especially a motion-picture, video, or television camera. Camerawork is important in film production because it shift the audience's view without cutting, it creates a psychological and emotional effect on the audience and so much more. The four major categories that I consider when planning my camera shots were shot size, camera angles, framing, and composition. Shot size are the size of the frame relative to the figures or objects in the frame, like a full shot. Camera angle refers to the placement of the camera and the direction which the camera is looking at, like eye level. Framing is the presentation of visual elements in an image, like two shots. Composition is the art of arranging objects, actors and space within the frame, like deep focus. The person that is responsible for camerawork on a film's production camera operator. An example of a famous camera operator is Bradford Young Bradford Young. He has an Academy Award for Best Cinematography and Solo: A Star Wars Story. Two of his films are Solo: A Star Wars Story and Arrival. Me and my team have to develop camerawork skills to create our film to be able to create shots just like a professional camera operator.

Shot 1: Dakota walking from the bus loop

Shot size: Establishing shot

Camera angle: Eye level

Framing: One shot

Composition: Deep focus

Tone: Curious

                           Video 2: Dakota texts Kira to she where she is

Shot size: Full shot

Camera angle: Low angle

Framing: One shot

Composition: Symmetrical

Tone: Happy

Video 3: Dakota and Kira meet up talk at a table

Shot size: Master shot

Camera angle: Knee level

Framing: Two shot

Composition: Symmetrical

Tone: Cheerfully

                                     Video 4:  Dakota and Kira walking down the halls

Shot size: Wide shot

Camera angle: Ground level

Framing: Two shot

Composition: Symmetrical

Tone: Calm 

Video 5: Now they are in their mediastudies class talking 

Shot size: Medium shot

Camera angle: Shoulder level

Framing: Two shot

Composition: Line/Horizontal

Tone: Chatty

                              Video 6: They leave class to go their seprate ways to their next class

Shot size: Full shot

Camera angle: Low angle

Framing: Two shot

Composition: Balance

Tone: Determined

Video 7: Now they meet up at lunch and eat

Shot size: Master shot

Camera angle: High angle

Framing: Two shot

Composition:  Deep focus

Tone: Chill

Video 8: They talk about their media studies work on the way to class

Shot size: Medium shot

Camera angle: Eye level

Framing: Three shot

Composition: Shallow focus

Tone: Jolly                 

                                                      Reflection

Eunice was the director and camera person. Dakota and I were the actors. We were all set designers. The Location of the film is at Piper high school. The characters are Kira and Dakota. The storyline is two very close friends in high school. I would say the planning was very easy but what made it difficult was being able to find the right time to be able to execute the shots. The technology that was used with a mobile telephone and the app that was used was YouTube. Which I would say we were in intermediate at. During this exercise I learned how to execute camera movement and the process and planning that goes into it.

                                                                     Work-Cited

Shot sizes explained: 8 camera shot sizes in filmmaking - 2023 (no date) MasterClass. Available at: https://www.masterclass.com/articles/shot-sizes-explained (Accessed: 22 December 2023). 

Cassidy, K. (2022) What is composition and why is it essential in filmmaking?, Videomaker. Available at: https://www.videomaker.com/article/c02/18610-the-basic-rules-of-composition/ (Accessed: 22 December 2023). 

 Cassidy, K. (2022) What is composition and why is it essential in filmmaking?, Videomaker. Available at: https://www.videomaker.com/article/c02/18610-the-basic-rules-of-composition/ (Accessed: 22 December 2023).