Exposure

Exposure with cameras is an amazing way to manipulate an image:

The camera uses a balance of three different settings to adjust the amount of light to reach the sensor:


Shutter Speed

Aperture

ISO

Shutter speed determines how long the sensor is exposed for on a video camera is not as flexible as photography cameras, for example for a standard video, the shutter speed should always be exactly double the frame rate: (Eg.g 25 fps should be a shutter of 1/50. or in other words, it should be 180º. Other shutter speeds will only be used in unique circumstances. Slow shutter speeds (e.g. 270º) to make the images blurry for artistic effect, or faster shutter speeds  (e.g 1/100 or 90º) for filming fast moving objects in high light.

Aperture determines how much light reaches the sensor.   for high-end cinema lens they use a system of T-stops rather than F-stops, T-stops is the actual measurement of light rather than an f-stop

 which is theoretical: 

ISO is the sensitivity of the sensor.  This is a very useful tool for cinematography as there is limitations with the use of shutter speed.

Cinematography intorduction

My aims for this paper...

I am very excited about going into the cinematography class, in particular, I am very interested in learning about

framing,

I am looking forward to discovering the use of foreground and positioning of subjects to make a perfect shot.

lighting

Learning how to manipulate light to help tell the story...


& camera movement.

Learning to do different kinds of shots that are not just a standard tv coverage.

Ritchard Williams

Richard Williams


The Thief and the Cobbler started in 1964 eventually taken over by the Warner bro's and tuned into Arabian Knight (1995)

Richard Williams was a perfectionist and his artwork was incredible however because he had no narrative and no story line I believe that this film would never have been completed rather it would have been better for him to make a series of shorts. The Warner Bro's extra scenes look terrible compared to Richard Williams scenes. Richard Williams good points were that his characters were en capturing, his art work was very detailed and his realism of movement is incredible.

Dogme 95

DOGME 95 - Danish experimental film

1995 Danish directors Lars Van Trier, Thomas Vinerburg wrote a new manifesto calling for a new style of film following strict rules.

Vow Of Chastity

• Shooting must be done on location, props and sets were found on location
• No audio post-production, sound is captured on location
• Camera must be handheld
• No artificial lighting
• No filters
• Real action
• films must be set on location in the present time
• Genre movies not acceptable
• Format must be academy 35mm
• Director never mentioned

Directors involved: Lars Van Trier, Thomas Vinerburg, Kristian Levring, Søren Kragh-Jacobsen

Dogme 95 was active from 1995 to 2005

I feel that the imposed set of rules actually makes more freedom as it make people more creative and maximise what they have without relying on post-production and artificial cinematic techniques.