Blog Post Four: Camera Position

Blog Post Four: Angle, Level, Height, and Distance in Cinematography

1.) Stills from existing media (film or television) that demonstrate the following:

 a.) A still showing how an angle is used to convey conflict

 b.) A still showing how level is used to convey development

 c.) A still showing how height is used to convey development

 d.) A still showing how distance is used to convey conflict

2.) Stills you create that demonstrate the following:

a.) A still showing how an angle is used to convey character.

b.) A still showing how level is used to convey development

c.) A still showing how height is used to convey character.

d.) A still showing how distance is used to convey conflict

3.) For this assignment, the challenge that I faced was determining which still from what film seemed to convey the story behind the still. Additionally, when I did find good stills, it was challenging to determine which one fit into a specific category. For level I had a hard time making sure the picture I was taking was straight enough because every time I took the photo, it looked off, save for the one time I accidentally took a vertical picture, which was a quick fix of rotating my phone and retaking it. For distance, when describing which of the subjects would be in the back was hard alongside figuring out how far the character needed to be away from the other when doing distance (not loving distance but stalker distance). I settled for something reasonable for distance, but I still find it hard to make the decision. Other than those issues, not too much. I learned a lot from this experience when it comes to filmmaking, making with how the different categories swayed our emotions along with them, and how the way you take the photo greatly impacts the viewer's take on that photo. Also, getting to take photos with all of these different strategies was pretty nice, especially when finding out which object would better convey what the question was asking you to take a photo of (what the photo would convey). I experienced lots of good filmmaking strategies with the videos I watched alongside the hands-on approach to doing this assignment (with hunting down film stills alongside taking photos of my own).