Mass Communication Day 5 - Film

Last Friday we started looking at film and took a tour of two different filming sets on campus. The first was versatile, where all different things are filmed from games shows to soap operas. The next one was a news set equipped with TelePrompTers and a green screen for the weather segments. Green screens can actually be any color, but most people don't usually wear bright green so that's why they're green. Each set had three cameras in different places for the purpose of taking different types of shots.

My assignment for the weekend was to shoot something at least three different ways. I took pictures of a bench with a squirrel on it, and the inside of a church.

This is a close up of  a bench.

This is a wide shot. Wide shots are used to establish settings and make the view familiar.

 

This is a medium/wide shot. Medium shots of people show from the waist up.

This is a close up of a squirrel. Close up shots show detail and emotion.

Wide Shots:

Medium shots:

Close ups: