February 2, 2016: Class Notes

General Video

• details matter
• storytelling with different shots
• Shot types (wide, medium, tight, tight, tight)
• long/wide shot (establishes the shot)
• creates a setting
• medium shot 
• two people from the waist up (protagonist)
• tight shot
• close shot on one person
• extra close-up
• film a shot for about 15 seconds
• landscape format
• rule of thirds
• balance
• place objects equally apart, not centered
• b-roll
• extra footage
• use it to narrate
• aperture
• the amount of light let in 
• use natural light