2. What are some things that
make up Good Composition?
Obeying the “rule of thirds”
Single Point of Focus / Selective Focus
Avoiding Tonal Mergers, Dimensional
Mergers, and Border Mergers
Proper Amount of Nose Room
Shot Composition in a Minute:
http://vimeo.com/1461280
3. Composition Evaluation
The Beach: http://vimeo.com/10363683
Formal Composition: The Beginning of
The Royal Tenenbaums
5 Dollar Cover Seattle: The Beast
What concepts from good composition
do you see examples of in this video?
4. Photography vs. Video
What are the differences in the ways
that we should approach shooting video
vs. shooting a photograph?
In many ways we should treat them the
same in terms of a center of focus
Video is a dynamic composition
Choose a center of interest for a shot and
hold on it – this is especially important when
you are shooting handheld footage
Nathaniel & Angie
5. Demonstration of Elements of a
static composition
We are now going to demonstrate the different
things that we should strive for in achieving
good composition
Shot demonstration – We want to demonstrate
the following:
Focal Length
Distance between camera and subject
Center of Interest
“Rule” of Thirds
Nose Room and Head Room
Avoiding Mergers
High and Low angles
Balance
6. Balance and Depth in Comp
Shallow Depth vs. Deep Focus
Shallow Depth of Field
Controlled by a Variety of Factors
Allows us to draw attention to a detail
Beginning part of Citizen Kane
Innovative use of Deep Focus made
possible by faster lenses
Use of characters and objects to balance
composition
7. Camera Shots
From Millerson and Owen
“Video Production Handbook”
ELS (Extreme Long Shot) –
shows significant space above
and/or below the subject
LS or WS (Long Shot or Wide
Shot) – features the entire person
in the frame
MS (Medium Shot) – cuts the
body just below or above the
waist
CU (Close-up) – Just above the
head to the upper chest
ECU (Extreme Close Up) – Detail
shot for part of the body
9. Dynamic Composition
Often times you will want to make your
scene more dynamic and therefore you will
move the camera around
Demonstration of dynamic movements
Pan
Tilt
Zoom
Track
Dolly
Holding beginnings and ending
Rack Focus
Leading the subject
10. Handheld Techniques
Occasionally, you may choose to use
handheld techniques to bring realism
and movement to your project.
You want to make sure that you have a good
stabilization system before you shoot the
video
Try to put your body into position so that you
can steadily hold the camera