There are four main composition techniques. Rule of thirds, framing, unusual angles, and leading lines. These composition techniques make a video 10x better! These are probably one of the most simple composition techniques; leading lines can be found in nature, to do rule of thirds you just need to adjust the camera angle, unusual angles can be preformed by setting the camera low, high, or anything interesting that you can think of, and lastly framing can be done by either hand, or nature. Each definition for these composition techniques, are easy to remember. I would suggest using these four as much as possible when filming, it WILL make a difference
Rule of thirds- When your subject is where lines would intersect if there was a grid on your screen. This composition is always used in interviews.
Framing- Your subject is residing in between something, such as in a clump of trees that open in the center. The center is where your subject should be.
Unusual angles- Unusual angles are used to create change in your video, so the whole video isn't shot from one angle.
Leading lines- These lines can be found in nature, you are supposed to strategically place your subject so that the lines are pointing to them, this helps focus on your subject because the viewers eye will naturally follow the lines, straight to the subject.
Thursday, February 20, 2014
Thursday, February 13, 2014
Three Shot Sequences
Sequencing is an arrangement of clips, that displays an action that is happening, using different shot types and angles. For an example, kicking a soccer ball can have a three shot sequence; a ball sitting on the field, then a person running to kick the ball, then a shot of the ball being kicked. Sequencing has four types of shots, Wide, Medium, Close, and Extreme close. A three shot sequence does not always have to be Wide, Medium, Close. It can be Wide, Close, Extreme. A sequence that isn't allowed is Wide, Extreme, Medium because you can't go backwards.
Wide shot- Any view as long as there is no parts cut off of the subject, you can see their feet and the top of their head.
Medium shot- This shot is slightly closer to the subject that the Wide, some parts of the subject can be cut off, but the camera is far enough away so that you can still see most of the subject.
Close shot- The Close shot displays a small part of the subject
Extreme shot- The Extreme shot is of a very small detail on something, whether it is of the subject or the action that the subject is doing.
Friday, February 7, 2014
Practice Story Reflection
Our most recent project in my GT class, is our practice interviews. We made these videos in order to practice for our newest project "Elder Words of Wisdom". The purpose of our project is to interview elders in our community, and ask them to share words of wisdom with us, the youth. So in order for us to make the best interview we could possibly create, we needed practice.
We already got into groups of three for our final interview so we stayed in the same groups for our practice ones. Then we were supposed to select a topic to interview a member of our group about. My teams topic was "Mikela's college plans". My teammates were interviewing me about my plans for college, because I have most of my plans mapped out. They asked me questions about my plans, like which college I would like to go to etc. While I was sitting in the famous interview position, a rule of thirds composition while the interviewee is looking at the interviewer, who is strategically placed out of the camera shot, but also close enough to the camera so the interviewee is looking near the camera.
Our interview went smoothly, but then a wild B-roll requirement came, and it was time to shoot that B-roll. We shot clips of me reading, or practicing my writing, or researching the college I would like to go to on the the computer. That may have finished, but there was still plenty of work to do; we also needed to finish writing our transcripts and record our narrators voice. The next day however was the deadline, AND WE STILL NEEDED TO EDIT! Fortunately for us, we finished editing, and exported our videos a minute before the deadline. Our team was one of the few to make it in on time.
However something else was still on my plate... The class critique. My class had to review each team's video, and naturally I was feeling a bit insecure about the video, especially because I was the one getting interviewed! Another thing that worried me was the new grading scale, it looked like the normal one, but something was off about it. Maybe it was the fact that 3s would be rare, and a three on regular rubrics was a B! I didn't want to get 1s and 2s because I try to get A's and I have never gotten a C or D in my life, and I certainly haven't gotten an F. But in this new rubric 1s and 2s aren't bad. So I didn't panic as much when my team got mostly 2s on our audio and visuals; BUT WE GOT A 3 ON OUR STORY!!!! SUCCESS! The best part was our final grade, we got a 4/4!
We already got into groups of three for our final interview so we stayed in the same groups for our practice ones. Then we were supposed to select a topic to interview a member of our group about. My teams topic was "Mikela's college plans". My teammates were interviewing me about my plans for college, because I have most of my plans mapped out. They asked me questions about my plans, like which college I would like to go to etc. While I was sitting in the famous interview position, a rule of thirds composition while the interviewee is looking at the interviewer, who is strategically placed out of the camera shot, but also close enough to the camera so the interviewee is looking near the camera.
Our interview went smoothly, but then a wild B-roll requirement came, and it was time to shoot that B-roll. We shot clips of me reading, or practicing my writing, or researching the college I would like to go to on the the computer. That may have finished, but there was still plenty of work to do; we also needed to finish writing our transcripts and record our narrators voice. The next day however was the deadline, AND WE STILL NEEDED TO EDIT! Fortunately for us, we finished editing, and exported our videos a minute before the deadline. Our team was one of the few to make it in on time.
However something else was still on my plate... The class critique. My class had to review each team's video, and naturally I was feeling a bit insecure about the video, especially because I was the one getting interviewed! Another thing that worried me was the new grading scale, it looked like the normal one, but something was off about it. Maybe it was the fact that 3s would be rare, and a three on regular rubrics was a B! I didn't want to get 1s and 2s because I try to get A's and I have never gotten a C or D in my life, and I certainly haven't gotten an F. But in this new rubric 1s and 2s aren't bad. So I didn't panic as much when my team got mostly 2s on our audio and visuals; BUT WE GOT A 3 ON OUR STORY!!!! SUCCESS! The best part was our final grade, we got a 4/4!
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