PRO IMAGES
PRO SHOOTING HABITS
BASIC SHOTS
CAM MOVEMENTS
TRIPOD KNOW HOW
100
The camera operator looks into this.
What is the VIEWFINDER?
100
This is the best kind of light for video-making.
What is natural light?
100
Good for showing a subject doing something, a good compromise.
What is a MEDIUM SHOT (MS)
100
The camera rotates up to point at the top of a subject's head
What is TILT UP?
100
The first consideration when setting up the tripod.
What is THE HEIGHT?
200
Your yearbook photo is an example of this kind of image-making.
What is a traditional portrait?
200
A horizontal rectangle that is the shape of the video image.
What is the FRAME?
200
Show the whole subject and their surroundings
What is an WIDE SHOT (WS)
200
The camera rolls across the floor to the right to follow a walking subject.
What is a TRUCK RIGHT?
200
The piece in between the tripod head and the camera
What is the MOUNTING PLATE?
300
This invention changed portraiture in a big way around 1850.
What is the camera?
300
This rule might be summed up "keep the subject out of the middle of the frame"
What is RULE of THIRDS?
300
Good for showing a subject's emotions: head and shoulders only
What is a CLOSE UP (CU)
300
The camera changes location- it gets closer and closer to the subject.
What is DOLLY IN?
300
This setting will make you pan or tilt smoother or more free.
What is DRAG?
400
This kind of image-making tries to create a unique look at the inner qualities of a subject.
What is MODERN PORTRAITURE?
400
This adjustment make you subjects seem larger than life, important, strong.
What is a LOW ANGLE?
400
Use this to overwhelm the audience with emotion.
What is an EXTREME CLOSE UP (ECU)?
400
The camera is tilted to the side - not level- to create a sense of excitement or fear.
What is a CANTED FRAME?
400
The piece in between the tripod legs.
What is a spreader?
500
This is who media products are made for.
Who is the AUDIENCE?
500
To get this focus effect, back up, zoom in and use maual focus.
What is DEPTH OF FIELD?
500
Use this shot to overwhelm the audience with the sense of the environment, for example, a battlefield, a desert, a riot in a city street.
What is an EXTREME WIDE SHOT (EWS)?
500
Extra space in front of a moving subject, like a person on a bike.
What is LEADROOM?
500
If you want a smooth pan, put this setting on.
What is TILT LOCK?
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