Tuesday, 17 December 2013

Analysing My Cinematography

This frame is when Dan is first introduced, and we see a student flying away. Not much in terms of cinematography was taken into account when this picture was taken. First of all, the van on the left wasn't originally meant to be in the shot; it was just an inconvenience that occurred when taking the picture, which could have been fixed if we had either shot somewhere else, or waited for it to move.
 The subjects of the picture (in this case Dan and the flying student) are fairly central which means the the picture isn't really interesting. The 'flying student' is blurred, and is also in a bit of an awkward position. This could have been avoided by reshooting.
The cars on the right make the picture unbalanced, and the diagonals are also unbalanced.
A really bad thing about the picture is that Dan is carrying the camera bag which is really bad composition.

This picture has plenty of problems. The main obvious problem being that you can see a camera crew on the left of the frame, and Dan is still holding the camera bag over his shoulder. These continuity errors make the picture very bad as it is obviously not what is meant to be happening in the frame.
Duke is to the left of the frame, a little of of focus. Dukes positioning isn't good; as there is a van in front of him, he blocks it off, making it uneven and unclear. There is a lot of clutter in this picture.

The rule of thirds in this picture has not been followed well; all of the action is in the left side of the frame which means the it is uneven and attention cannot be given to all of the picture.
There are bins in the background which make the picture incredibly boring and show that not much effort was made when it was taken.
There are no definitive leading lines in the picture that are relevant, and the picture was shot at an awkward angle, which shows no dedication and poor effort.

The focus of the picture, being the four people at the table, is off centre; this means that most of the right side of the frame is pointless, and just adds more clutter to the frame. This means that rule of thirds hasn't really been applied, due to the lack of interest in the right side of the frame.
The top third of the frame has the same problem; the camera could have been a bit lower, in order to limit the amount of needless space.
The diagonal lines of the table provide no use to the frame either, which isn't good, as they could have been used well for this particular picture.

This shot was meant to be of the reception area, with no clutter; in the frame you can see the three girls on the right that  look like they clearly shouldn't be there at all. the same also goes for the mannequin on the left. If these weren't shot in frame, this picture would have been substantially better, the leading lines and lights on the ceiling provide interest to the top half of the frame, and there isn't much clutter; the stairs provide interest on the left, ale the doors, and moving to the oft of the frame, the reception desk has much about it that provides interest, such as the changes in height and colour, and the windows behind it give an outside view.

This is the shot in which Dan and Katie walk away from Duke after their first meeting. The main problem with this shot is that Dan in carrying the camera bag on his shoulder. This error shows that we weren't paying as much attention as we should have, when taking these pictures.It means that the shot isn't realistic.
Another problem is that the both characters are too far away, and also too unbalanced. the way that Katie is turning to wave and Dan is just walking away doesn't really make sense. This shot could have been done closer to the characters, as they are supposed to be the main focus.


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