VDP Photography

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VDP - Photography

• 10 pointers to better pictures

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• Techniques from Cinematography
• Distance of shot
• Close-up - tension
• Establishing shot - give the audience a sense of
  locality
• Camera angles - communicate meaning and emotion
  about characters
• Low angle shot - vulnerability or weakness
• High angle shot - fear or awe
• Canted or Oblique - used extensively in the
  horror and science fiction The.
• Mise en scene - "the Set", - everything that is
  presented before the camera
• Movement and expression
• Lighting
• E.g. villains that are heavily shadowed

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• 1.Hold it steady to get a sharp image

• use the view finder (not the screen)
• brace yourself
• use a tripod

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• 2. Get in close

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• 3. Or show the scene

But not a mix of the two
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4. People - eye contact?
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• 4. People - eye contact?

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• 5. Background Depth of Field

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• 6. Composition
• - Rule of thirds
• - Balance
• - Lines patterns
• - Vantage point
• - Depth

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• 7. Light Mood

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• 8. Time Movement

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• 9. Background

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• 10. Compose it