Preliminary Exercise: Introduction to Storyboarding: Camera Framing

Welcome everyone,

During media studies class we have been learning about the importance of camera framing. Camera framing refers to how you place or position subjects and objects in shots. Instead of just pointing the camera at a subject, it's about composing an image. Framing can make an image more pleasing to look at and keep the viewer's attention on the framed objects. There are two types of camera framing: loose framing and tight framing. Loose framing is when all visual elements appear in a frame with great amount of open space and the scene is so spread out that characters have a great freedom of movement. Tight is when there is a little space around a subject or very close to the subject.

For this assignment we had to create a storyboard. We had to include shots from our movie that can be considered as a type of camera framing. For camera framing we included, single shot, two shot, three shot, four shot, crowd shot, point of view shot, over the shoulder shot, and insert shot. For this storyboard, our shots didn't have to be in order as long as it looked somewhat as a scene from our movie. All we had to do was draw the shot and include an action line for each shot. Our drawings had to be somewhat descriptive, and our action lines had to be in full detail.

This assignment was fairly easy to do especially since I was able to work with one other person. We divided the project by having me to do the drawings and her having to write the action lines. This assignment gave us a blueprint for our movie, which we are very grateful for. This assignment was a great help in understanding the importance of camera framing. It proves that in general camera framing plays a huge role in filmmaking. It does this by emphasizing the subject's relationship to a certain someone, place, or thing.

Comments

Welcome To My AICE Media Studies Blog!

Welcome Everyone, Today I will be talking about Media Studies. Media studies is important to study because it helps us understand the motives or intentions behind a media product. What I mean by this is that it is easier to find out the meaning of a media text or a post. For example, when I watch a movie just by the first two minutes, I already know who it was intended for and what direction the plot is going at. It also helps me to choose what media platform I use more wisely. Studying media studies taught me what someone's intended effect is for their media product. For example, when scrolling through TikTok or Instagram, you will see a variety of different users. Some just do it for the likes and others do it fun, while some want to spread awareness of a certain topic. My favorite media product are movies. Watching movies keeps me entertained and at the same time helps me to relax. I feel like most teenagers would like to watch movies because it's a way for...

Research: Digital Camerawork Organizer: Camera Framing

Hello everyone, During Media Studies class, I have been learning about the importance of camera framing in camerawork. Camera framing refers to how you place and position subjects and objects in shots. This is more about composing an image rather than pointing the camera at the subject. Camera framing helps to convey the relationship of subjects to other objects. The different types of camera frames are one shot, two shot, three shot, four shot, crowd shot, over the shoulder shot, and insert shot. For the third part of the assignment, we had to create a digital camerawork organizer focusing on camera framing. To create this digital camerawork organizer, we decided to use a word document. I had to include the definition and list two purposes for each camera frame. Then I went with my partner to take pictures of my shots. I then wrote the action line for each shot. I included the tone, genre, and central idea for each shot. Th...

Preliminary Exercise 6: Introduction to Camerawork Warm-Up

Greetings everyone, Lately, I have been learning about camerawork in media studies. Camerawork is the way something is being filmed. This plays into the framing, angles, shots, movements, and composition. In class we were mainly focused on shot sizes and camera angles. Shot size is how much of the setting or subject is displayed within a frame of a shot. Camera angles marks a specific location at which the camera is placed to take the shot. Filmmakers uses this to emphasize specific emotions, ideas, and movement for each scene. We went through the different types of shot sizes. Such as full shot, wide shot, master shot, establishing shot, medium shot, medium full shot, medium close up, close up, and extreme close up. We also learned about the different types of camera angles such as, high angles, low angles, eye level, Dutch, overhead, hip level, knee level, and ground level. We took notes on a video called “Ultimate Guide to Camera Shots: Every Sh...

DaniMediaStudies

Search This Blog