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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.
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