Welcome back to the blog, today I researched the framing of a film in order to make sure while we film our film introduction, we are able to create pleasing shots that add to the overall theme of the film.
There are 2 main parts of a shot, the subject and the background. How much of the background is shown can affect how the shot looks and feels. Wider shots allow more of the background to be seen while tighter shots focus on showing detail of characters or objects. Wider shots can create more of a neutral tone that focuses on revealing the environment to the viewer. On the other end, tighter shots can be used to highlight the detail of a character by focusing more on them rather than the environment. The depth of a shot can also be used to increase the viewers attention on the subject. The depth is the distance between the subject and the background. The more depth in a scene causes the background to become more blurred, shifting the focus onto the subject. The less depth leads to less blur in the overall scene causing it to appear more flat. For our film introducion I intend to start with wide shots in order to allow the viewer to see the overall scene but later in the introduction use tighter shots with more depth to focus on details that will coincide with the overall horror theme and sell the horror effect.
Focal length serves an important purpose of changing how a shot looks, the higher the focal length the less distorted the image looks while also being much more focused. The lower the focal length the more that the image is distorted but more can be seen.
The rule of thirds is a way of formatting the shot in order to make it more visually appealing this is done by splitting the shot up with a grid. The main points of interest are placed at either the intersections of the grid or on the grid lines. This helps to create a pleasing image while focusing the viewers attention. One way that this can be done by creating a horizon where the the shot is unequally split in half to place the horizon line on the grid. This helps create a nicer image that helps to focus the viewers attention. For our film introduction we can use the rule of thirds in order to properly place the subject within our shot so that it achieves the maximum attention.
With the basic framing principles I believe that the we will be able to create an effective film introduction that is visually pleasing to the viewers while also being able to convey the horror theme.
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