Saturday 4 December 2010

framing

Four siginificant conventions aids the cameras framing of visual imagery:
  • essential area- reference to safe recording area within the frame
This frame from The Ring has a safe area to film with no tricky obstacles to watch out for. I really like the positioning of this frame which we could adopt in our own as the placement here is really intriging and is something that would be good to replicate. 
  • walking space- additional area where the performer can walk/ run
A frame from Scream in a barn where she has a little room to run. Perhaps we can use this in our own where I can run away from Zoe coming behind me like Scream is.

  • looking space- frame area in front of the on-screen actor/actress who is looking at an off-screen object/person
Paranormal Activity where the two characters seem to be looking off-screen at something which the audience cannot see
  • headroom- space above the performers head within the frame
The Blair Witch Project: an example of a frame which has plenty of headroom.
Perhaps we can have a closeup of me/zoe and enable this technique

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