Chapter 6 Review Presentations

 

In this scene from National Security (2003) we witness the way a movie or scene is open regularly with is the use of and establishing shot which gives the audiences the location of the scene. Next we see a medium shot which gives viewers who is in the scene. Finally their are the close up shot which are usually used to show expressions.

 

In this scene from the film Heat (1995) it uses a very strange way of starting a certain scene. The director uses a series of close ups to start the scene rather then an establishing shot. By doing this I does not give the audience a clear view of where the characters are in regards to setting. But it gives the scene an element of suspense because it uses many close up shots to show the audience that their is tension.

Both of these scene show the two different ways in which a scene is opened and how that scene is introduced to the audience. I feel that any scene should be opened with an establishing shot because it gives the audience a better understanding of what is happening. 

Hard Days Night Response

                                                    A picture taken from Life Magazine (1963)

                                         A movie still from the film A Hard Days Night (1964)


In Both of these photo's a viewer can see the comparison that exist between the Life magazine shot of the Beatles and the movie still. In both photos you can see that they are always having fun in what they are doing. Also the time that both of these photo were taking we almost around the same time because as you can see the age of The Beatles is identical.  The film was excellent because it really took the audience inside the life of The Beatles. By looking at these photo these really capture the fun in both their music and throughout their life.

Chapter 3 Take Home Question

                                                                     

              

IMAGE 1                                                                                                                       IMAGE 2

                                                           Take Home Question

                      Well if I was presented with the idea for using fast falloff lighting on the model face when shooting a face cream commercial I would not. The reason being is because when shooting a commercial you want the person who is representing your product to look good on television. By using fast falloff lighting it would bring out the model’s facial texture, which means that wrinkles and ridges would show. Also the model’s face would be very dark because of the intense shadow.  In my opinion I would use slow falloff instead of fast fall off because when using slow falloff lighting the model's face would appear on camera to be smooth and wrinkle- free. Also slow falloff makes the image brighter and gives the visual image a feel of happiness. When doing a commercial you always want the actor to look their best, and by using slow falloff lighting one can achieve this.
                   In the two pictures above both give a visual image of what both types of falloff look on screen. The first image is taken from a proactive commercial with singer, Katy Perry. As one could see the commercial uses slow falloff lighting. See how it looks much brighter. By the picture being bight it brings out the colors around her, which would make audiences pay more attention to the television. The second image it is a face shot taking of a man with fast falloff lighting. In this picture there is intense shadows and the features on his face are brought out because of these shadows. For example the scares and the blemishes are seen throughout this picture.

               So in my opinion I think that slow falloff lighting would be the best lighting technique to use in this situation because it is seen in other face cream commercials and the lighting gives the director just what he/she is looking for.      

Exercise 1, part 2

Jason Leavy Mid- Ground 

Jason Leavy Nose Room

Jason Leavy Nature

Jason Leavy Background 

Jason Leavy Head Room

Jason Leavy Movement 

Group 3 Project

In the following two clips we as a group came to an agreement to the scenes that exemplified key differences between night and day scenes from the famous television show Seinfeld.

This first clip shows indoor lighting inside Jerry's apartment during the day.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rkpvON6IpNs

In the scene we just watched we see the first shot coming from outside the apartment and the light from outside which lets the audience know the time of day.

When it cuts to inside the apartment it is brightly illuminated. The overall interior lighting is rather flat with soft elimination of falloff shadows.

The scene also has a great amount of lighting which illuminates the room including the background.

During the duration of the scene we notice the window in the back of the shot showing light from outside. This exterior light brings brightness into the apartment and creates a daytime feel for the audience.

The next scene we analyzed was in the same setting, Jerry's apartment at night. This scene exemplifies many differences in the lighting compared to the daytime scene.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qkpnOTr8k9I

This particular scene portrays nighttime based in the lighting provided. The lamps are used as a dramatic agent. They create an aesthetic intensifier for the scene. The lamps are also on which creates an abundant amount of differently sized shadows.

It is a dark style of lighting inside the apartment. The nighttime lighting utilized by the directors in this scene has more specific and selective fast-falloff illumination.

Most of the lighting in this scene comes from inside the house because there is no light coming from the window since it is dark out. This is very differently from what we saw in the day time scene.

The shadows that appear on Kramer's face is slow fall off which means that the shadows are highly diffused by floodlight which produces little light and creates a transparency effect on the shadow.

Both scenes have windows which is key when determining the time of day. The windows makes it simple to determine the time. In comparison, the night scene we have no light coming from the window unlike the daytime scene.

Exercise 1, part 1

   Vertical Photo Larry Burrows

         

                                                           Background Larry Borrows

                                       
                                                           Larry Burrows Foreground

Larry Burrows Mid-ground 

Larry Burrows Horizontal  

Larry Burrows Depth off Field 

Larry Burrows Point of View 

Larry Burrows Empty Spaces 

Larry Burrows Head Room

Larry Burrows Movement 

Larry Burrows Nose Room

Larry Burrows Nature