Post by jiro on Sept 25, 2011 20:49:30 GMT
that the things that baffles us photographers on how to put emotion, tension, appeal, cohesiveness, and others concepts in our photographs have been greatly studied and practiced long, long time ago by cinematographers?
I only came to find this out when I got hold of an old, old cinematography book called "The Five C's of Cinematography." Even though this book is old, the same principle holds true. Depending on the angle of the camera and the location of the light source, the DP (Director of Photography) can give you those subtle hints as to what emotion does he wants you to feel from the scene. More than that, the study of lines, curves, lights and shadows, proper selection of lens (each lens has its own personality as what the author says) can really help to make the shot more cohesive in its story telling. The author even mentioned that the only difference between photography and cinematography is that a photograph has to capture that specific moment in time to show the right emotion which makes it hard because of the many factors involved whereas a moving cinema can use movement to help the director to continue bombarding the viewers with clues as to what the story is all about.
I am almost done with the book so I will try to share what I have learned from it subject by subject dissecting it per topic. No wonder all those 9 years of watching movies everyday helped me a lot in seeing things differently.
I only came to find this out when I got hold of an old, old cinematography book called "The Five C's of Cinematography." Even though this book is old, the same principle holds true. Depending on the angle of the camera and the location of the light source, the DP (Director of Photography) can give you those subtle hints as to what emotion does he wants you to feel from the scene. More than that, the study of lines, curves, lights and shadows, proper selection of lens (each lens has its own personality as what the author says) can really help to make the shot more cohesive in its story telling. The author even mentioned that the only difference between photography and cinematography is that a photograph has to capture that specific moment in time to show the right emotion which makes it hard because of the many factors involved whereas a moving cinema can use movement to help the director to continue bombarding the viewers with clues as to what the story is all about.
I am almost done with the book so I will try to share what I have learned from it subject by subject dissecting it per topic. No wonder all those 9 years of watching movies everyday helped me a lot in seeing things differently.