Lecture 5 09 22 etc Because 24 fps frames per second is so fast with so little time between pictures our brains perceive it as motion Slow fading after you take your eye away from something is called persistence of vision o Persistence of vision is the principle which makes movies possible because it is many pictures that overlap in your mind Choreography of Cinema o Camera where is it and what is it doing mount camera on a car tilt pan Wide shots close shots dramatic effect sadness By putting a longer lens on a scene it accentuates the scene even more o Actors where are they what are they doing o Objects are they in motion What objects are in motion Add kinetic motion to a scene o Lighting used to accentuate motion Effects and Qualities of movement o It can be kinetic creating a visceral reaction The camera is swooping in the front row of Fenway Park as people jump o It can be directional calling attention to something Nice slow wide shot then as scene continues it dollies in on a person or object o It can be symbolic signifying meaning As the couple says goodbye it s a shot on him and the camera dollies away leaving him alone Camera movement devices o Tripod pan lateral movement tilt vertical view from one axis position doesn t change o Body handheld steadicam climb up stairs but no jerking view moves with the human action o Wheels tacking dolly device that camera is attached but it is also a movement dolly in toward something dolly out away trucking truck left or right not closer or away from view moves with scene action o Mount crane aerial view moves with grand or unusual perspective o Lens movement zoom and rack focus camera move no longer a static frame view selects expands or distorts subject o Pan o Tilt o Boom change position but not on dolly adjust height Camera is low to ground and come up above o Zoom o Rack focus background to foreground foreground to Tripod based background Camera motion devices o Hand held o Innovative Skateboard roller blades shopping cart o Steadicam o Dolly do not need tracks but the ground can be bumpy so the tracks are for maximum smoothness o Crane jibs move it up sometimes cooler than doing an abrupt switch to a wide shot o Camera cars mounted with suction cups Film Riot dramatic effects of camera movement o Where you place the camera and how you move it alters the interpretation the audience will have of the scene o Coincide the camera movement and the tone of the scene o The context changes a dolly shot like for the audience to feel uncomfortable or sad The Straight Story 1999 Freddie Francis DP David Lynch Director for this scene o What different kinds of camera movements are used Straight shot at the road he is coming toward you on a crane on a truck from the ground to the sky wide shot close up pans o What is the effect that motion has for this scene Long journey that he has to go on and how small he is crane wide shot how alone he is numerous pans still not where he has to be Every shot has motion in it types of movements replicate POV shots Effect motion has for the scene committed to making progress very peaceful Goodfellas 1990 Martin Scorsese director Michael Ballhaus DP o What camera device is used to shoot this scene Steadicam couldn t lay dolly track through all of that but not bumpy so it s not a handheld o What would have been the challenges of preparing and shooting the scene All of the cues for the actors choreography different lighting not over or under exposed from nighttime exterior to nighttime interior to the bright kitchen the set is tight MOS without sound Children of Men 2006 Alfonso Cuaron director Emmanuel Lubezki DP o What kind of camera device is used for this scene Camera car built for that shot o What is the emotional dramatic impact of HOW this scene was shot Feel very present in the scene add realism being more dependent on this elaborate technology o What is remarkable about how this scene was shot Got the camera out of the car halfway through the scene camera pans and the guy and the camera gets out of the car camera was taken apart and they detach it and use a handheld for the end Exam next Tuesday September 29th o 25 questions 2 or 3 bonus questions o Multiple choice and covers weeks 1 3 o General film stuff and film production cinematography lighting color specific daylight tungsten HMI florescent camera moves and questions on Thursdays class o All concept questions review lecture notes Schrader reading