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Cinematography

 Cinematography 

In class we learned about cinematography. From just looking at the word I thought it was going to be hard. It wasn't that hard to understand but it was kind of easy to understand. Cinematography is the art and technology of motion picture photography. So its mostly about the cameras movement, angles, and shots and what they are used for in general .


Shots

There are many type of camera shots but I won't talk about all I will just give a couple basic ones. First we got a Close up shot which is where the frame has just the head or face of the character in the screen. Its mostly used to show the emotion of the characters. Next we have a Long Shot which's shows the character form top to bottom without filling the screen. This shot is used to set the scene and the characters place in that scene. The last one I will give is Full Shot which is where the camera shows the character from top to bottom filling the frame. Its used to show more action rather than showing more emotion. I picked these to tell you about because these are one that you would basically see in most films.


Movements

There also many camera movements but ill give the ones that are basically used in most films. First we have tracking where the camera follows the character. Its commonly used so the audience can experience what the character is experiencing. Another one is Panning which is where the camera is mounted from left to right. Its used to the shot within from left to right. Last one is Whipped Pan which where its turned from one character to another. Its mostly used to simulate head movement. 


What we did using this information 

After getting all this information in class, we used our cameras on our phones and went to take pictures of the many shot types and angles. This was fun to me because we were actually moving around and using our own cameras (even if it was just our phones) to make these pictures and not just get them handed to use and be told which is which. I think its better when we are interacting and doing thins because we will remember it.But the project was fun and the pictures were embarrassing. 



KWL

Before learning this I didn't really know anything about cinematography. After we learned and interacted I learned lots of new things about cinematography. Cinematography is about the camera movements, angles, and shots. It contributes a lot to the codes in a movie because the codes wouldn't make sense without the different movements, angles, and shots. Im not really curious about anything else in cinematography. 

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