Directions - DOP Workshop

-

Lensing a story Workshop with Sam Creamer 6/02/19


Screen language:
  • To transfer a script into great story on screen, you employ screen language
  • It’s a complex integration of visual and sounds.

Focal Length:
  • Sensor relative to the viewpoint 
  • Prime lenses have a fixed focal length.
  • Think about the specific field of view and how it affects
  • Character position within the Fram can say a lot about their status.
  • Because we read from left to right, this means that characters who occupy screen left or are positioned centrally are seen as the most dominant at that moment of time.
  • Different focal lengths can manipulate our viewpoint of a character and space around them. 
  • Barrel distortion (known for an unworldly angle)
  • The human eye is equivalent to 35/50mm
  • Characters that are centred in the screen infers power and dominance.
Our task was to use the scripts provided or our own to use different focal lengths and to adjust the aperture to show its different effects. Due to our group only involving James, Jack and myself we didn't have enough crew and actors soIi decided to write down the lens sizes on the camera to find out what they would relate to the lenses on a DSLR. Another reason why we decided to have this approach was that we felt as if we had blocked out scenes a lot in the recent workshops and we wanted this one to be specific about the camera so I would know for the future and really learn about the cameras we get to use.

Where the zoom is on the Sony EX cameras there are the lens sizes, however, they arent what i'm used to as i've mainly worked with a DSLR. So we asked Sam if he could go through the specifics with us. He informed us that if we wish to work it all out we take the lens size and multiply it by 5. For example, 5.8mm on the Sony EX  cameras would be roughly 25mm otherwise known as the 24mm. This was really handy for future references because I can know to think in depth for my shot list on how exactly I want my shots to look like.
Lens ratio size: 5.8 = 25mm 10 = 50mm 15 = 75mm


25 = 125mm 40 = 200mm 81.2 = 406mm


Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Analysis of a relevant News Package

-
Image
Analysis of a News package: BBC news breakfast (can cannabis help Charlie Hughes epilepsy). Story: Figure 1 (Charlie before taking medical Cannabis) Figure 2  (Charlie 5 months of taking medical cannabis) We are introduced to Charlie Hughes where we soon find out that he suffers from infantile seizures caused by epilepsy. He was having over 100 seizures a day and the medication that was being provided for him wasn't working. Doctors said he wasn't allowed brain surgery as it would not have worked. This is when Charlie's parents decided the last option would be to try a cannabis-based oil. Charlie started taking CBD earlier this year in February and five months later he's gone from 120 seizures a day to less than 10. After being told this information we then find out that Charlie's epilepsy is so bad that it could kill him.  CBD oil has changed Charlie's life and has helped his parents not fear the worst for him as he was a ticking time-bo...
Read more

Criticality 3

-
Image
  Dig Your Own Grave (2018) ​ For the final analysis, I have found a film called Dig Your Own Grave which is another short film. Yet again I will be looking and analysing points for the film through the eyes of a DoP, which means that I will focus on framing, camera movement, lighting, and the equipment used. This film is very different from the two I have already looked at and has a more comedic tone throughout. The first analysis had a horror tone, the second also had more of a darker tone, so I thought it would be good to look at a more comedic film, as I have spoken and discussed with the producer and director and they want our film to have dark comedy. ​ What is the film about The film takes place in an American desert as a gangster's son (Reggie) has been given the job to take this guy out and kill him. Reggie thinks it would be a good idea to make the hostage (Dan) dig his own grave before killing him (like in the movies). The guy who is digging his own grave is be...
Read more

Production - Production development

-
Image
Project Development In this blog post, I will be covering the key moments of change within our production leading up to shoot week, shoot week, and post-production. I will be covering moments where I discovered something that could potentially improve our film.  Location change and script changes that affected me The first major change that happened during this production was the fact that our producer and director felt that our film was too optimistic. The original script included multiple locations and very complex VFX shots, which were well above our skill level. This change would really affect the progress of the work I have done up until this moment. Due to location changes and the script having changes meant that the location paperwork for the locations up until then have now become obsolete. This was not the only reason for a location change we had to change the location due to COVID-19 restrictions. We were hoping that through James' connection with the Isle of Sheppey poli...
Read more