Cinematography - neil

 micro - small details 

-Shot types

-lighting

-setting

-editing style

-sound and dialogue 

Macro - larger details 

-genre 

-narrative 

-audience 

-representation 

-ideology 

cinematography elements - 

-camera shots and angles 

-lighting 

-movement 

-depth of field 

shotsize:

camera framing:

camera angles:

Low angle-

High angle-

Dutch angle-

Overhead shot-

Shoulder level-

Hip level-

Ground level- 

depth of field:

deep focus- focuses in on everything in the shot 

shallow focus- isolates people or oops used in a scene, used to emphasis 

soft focus- nothing about the scene is in focus or sharp 

rack focus- transitions depth of field in a shot, directs the audience to focus sin something specific

split diopter- focuses on two main focal points of the scene while making whats between them unfocused (uses specific lens) less used due to the unnatural look 

title shift- 

Camera shots:

handheld- deliberately uses human shaking to show emotion

tripod- static shots used to focus on specific things used so the audience can focus on the content being delivered through dialogue 

pedestal- used for vertical movement often for suspenseful scenes 

crane- used as a larger scale pedestal shot 

overhead- used to 

dolly- used to smoothly move around a character, dolly rails can be both straight and curved

stabilizer- lets the camera holder walk or run with freedom whilst also keeping the camera steady 

snorricam- rig the camera to the body if an actor, creates vertigo,panic etc, used to put the audience in he same situation as the character

vehicle mounts- mounts camera to any vehicle 

drone- used for arial shots 

motion control- captures time lapses and used in animation 

underwater housing- a kind of casing to put the camera safely in the water