For this exercise I used three different reflectors; white, silver and gold. I started off by taking a photo with just one source of light to benchmark form. This light was a spotlight positioned to the left of the frame. I used two different subjects. In both these images it is clear that one side… Continue reading Project 9 – Exercise: Reflected Light
In this exercise we are asked to look for examples of light levels changing radically in a scene. The following shots comes from Ron Howard’s 2001 movie called A Beautiful Mind about the life of the mathematician John Nash. In the shots below, John Nash who has just started at Princeton University, is frustrated by… Continue reading Project 9 – Changes in light levels
For this exercise I found images related to: Dynamic Oppressive Confusing Refined For the dynamic images, I found three, as shown below: The first two contain diagonal lines which create the movement, whereas in the third image the diagonal is created by the skaters body. In the first image, the boy is running alongside… Continue reading Project 7: Images with Depth
Matt Workman has produced a brilliant video where he does a detailed analysis of the lighting techniques used in Quentin Tarantino’s Hateful Eight movie. Matt Workman is a cinematographer and the founder of the website Cinematography Database. I tried to recreate two of the scenes using the lighting techniques he describes. In analysing the exterior… Continue reading Lighting techniques in The Hateful Eight
For this exercise, we are to find examples of: frames composed using the rule of thirds composition balanced between shots rules being broken tension created by upsetting the balance other distinct meanings suggested through visual balance Finding images that respect the rule of thirds is very easy as every movie seems to have an abundance… Continue reading Balance – some images
