Cinematography

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Cinematography

• The manipulations of the film strip by the camera
  in the shooting phase and by the laboratory in
  the developing phase.
• Photographic aspects of the shot
• Framing of the shot
• Duration of the shot

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Photographic Aspects of Cinematography

• Film Stock
• Fast v slow film
• Black and White v. Color
• Exposure
• Developing/printing
• Speed of motion Slow-motion, fast-motion

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Singin in the Rain- Technicolor film stock
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The Camera Lens

• Focal Length the distance from the center of the
  lens to the point at which the light rays meet in
  sharp focus. This length determines perspective
  relations and depth cues on the flat screen
  surface.

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Normal lens 35-50mm, presuming 35mm camera
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• Wide Angle short focal length ( 35 mm or less)
  which produces a wider angle of view.
• Effect distorting straight lines, exaggerating
  depth

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Wide-Angle Lens
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• Telephoto Lens lens with a long focal length
  (75mm or more).
• Effect collapse depth cues by enlarging distant
  planes and making them seem close to the
  foreground planes.
• If time Bowfinger (Oz, 1999)

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Zoom lens

• Lens with a focal length that can be changed
  during a shot.
• Shift to telephoto range magnifies the image and
  flattens the space
• Shift to wide-angle increases depth cues and
  demagnifies the background.

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Retro-zoom

• Tracking back and zooming in,or
• Tracking in and zooming out
• CLIP Punch-Drunk Love (P.T. Anderson, 2002)

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• Depth of Fieldthe range of distance within which
  objects can be photographed and remain in sharp
  focus.
• Shot focal length greater depth of field
• Long focal length, reduces depth of field.

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FRAMING

• aspect ratios
• offscreen space /onsceen spaces
• angle, level, height, distance of framing
• Mobile Framing

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Extreme Long Shot (ELS)
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Long shot, LS
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Medium Long Shot (MLS) plan américain
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Medium Shot (MS)
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Medium Close-up (MCU)
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Close-up (CU)
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Extreme Close-up (ECU)
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Straight-on angle
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High-angle
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Low-angle
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• Pan camera is set on the tripod turning left or
  right. On the screen, the camera appears to scan
  the space horizontally.

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• Tilt camera is fixed on a tripod swivels up or
  down. This movement produces a vertical scan.

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Tracking Shot

• Mobile framing that travels through space
  forward, backward, or laterally.