CAMERA

Design English Cinematography - Meeting 6


CAMERA

Lecturer:

Dr. Immanuel Prasetya Gintings, S.S., M.Hum.
Elisa Betty Manullang, S.S., M.Hum.
(Fakultas Bahasa dan Seni, Universitas Negeri Medan)



3ING47144
2020
sks: 2

SubCPMK3
Able to study and apply the value of humanities with expertise in the field of camera based on the rules, procedures and scientific ethics in order to produce ideas, designs or art criticisms with an attitude of responsibility independently [C3, A4, P3].


Week
6
Form of Learning
Practice
Learning Methods
● Online learning
● Project Based Learning
Assignment
Make a portfolio of problem solving


Learning Activities:  


 01.  Introductory Theory

Coverage: Get the Shots You Need


  • Follow some simple rules to make sure you have enough footage to edit together
  • Hold each shot for at least ten seconds (or five seconds before and after the action)
  • Shoot more shots than you think you need


Getting all the shots you need for the edit is called coverage. When you film something, you need to get enough different shots to show everything you need to show. If you don’t have coverage, your scene may not cut together well. It might be boring, it may not make sense, or it might be jerky.

Making a storyboard first will help you make sure you’ve got coverage. Here are some rules that can help you, particularly if you’re shooting an event or a fast-moving situation.

Whatever you do, film every shot for at least ten seconds. If you’re filming an action, begin recording a few seconds before the action starts, and keep on filming for a few seconds after it ends.

Shoot more than you think you need. If you think you need three shots, get five. If you think you need five shots, get seven.

Rules for coverage

Move in
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Start with an extreme long shot to set the scene.

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Introduce people with long shots and mid shots.

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Then use closeups to show their expressions.

These shot sizes are explained in more detail here.

Make sure you use different camera positions around, above or below the subject as well. If you shoot everything from the same position the camera will appear to ‘jump’ forward. There’s more about this, and other continuity rules, here.

Starting with closeups

You could go the other way round.

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Start with a closeup, or a series of closeups.

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Then cut to mid and long shots to show the bigger picture.

This is a good way to add anticipation, and maybe mystery, to a scene.

Three shots

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Film the person, the thing, then the person and the thing.

The five shot rule

This rule was devised to help TV journalists who were starting to shoot their own stories. You’ll see it all the time on TV news. (Actually, it was invented to help the editors who were finding it impossible to cut together what the journalists were giving them.)

You don’t have to edit it together in this order, but this should give you enough material to work with.

five shot rule - hands

Shoot a closeup of hands…

five shot rule - face

…then a closeup of the face.

five shot rule hands and face

Hands and face together…

five shot rule over the shoulder

…and an over the shoulder shot.

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Finally, film a different shot – the same thing from a different angle, a wide/long shot, or maybe a cutaway of something in a different part of the scene.

Other ways to get coverage

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Shoot plenty of details, or shots of another part of the scene. You can add these to cover edits that don’t match well. Use a variety of camera angles: birdseye shots and low angle shots as well as eye level.

Film a master shot
coverage - extreme long shot

If you’ve got two or more cameras, you could set one up to shoot an extreme long shot or long shot of all the action. You can cut back to this whenever your other shots don’t cut together properly.

(Source: learnaboutfilm.com)

 02.  Practice Guide


 03.  Practice


 04.  Structured Assignment


 05.  Evaluation



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