The establishing shot used to introduce a setting, usually an exterior shot of the building where the action takes place. The wide angle is zoomed out all the way to see the widest view possible. Establishing shots are usually wide angles. These shots are good for showing off locations and crowd scenes or distancing the camera from the subject. A long shot would be used when photographing a person, you see the entire person’s body from head to foot, with the subject filling the frame from top to bottom. Use long shots to see important action, such as running or dancing, or when you first introduce characters. Medium shot sees the subject from the waist up. Medium shots are good for a basic action. It’s not too close to be personal, but it brings the audience in to see details, like expressions. Close-ups are used to show head and shoulders, though it can vary a little. Close-ups are good for being intimate with the subject and showing off facial expressions. Conversations between two people are often cut between close-ups of them.
Sound can be created via exaggerated breathing or sighing, a performer interacting with objects or props, using the voices to create a myriad of sounds (eg. whoosh). It can also be created by using the body for exaggerations such as stomping and dragging feet. Sound can assist in the creation of tension, mood and changes in rhythm in a performance. it can also create a setting and develop characters. Sound can assist in the visualization of imaginary objects and props in a performance. A complete lack of sound (silence) can also be very effective in a drama.
The obvious purpose of costuming is to dress an actor according to his character. Lawyers wear suits, nurses wear scrubs, and a drifter could wear worn out shoes, ragged shirt, and baggy pants. But, more than that, costuming can also be used to establish someone’s hierarchic level or attach a stereotype to them Costuming may also be used to emphasize a personality trait. For instance a women wearing leopard print may be characterized as a predator. Unarguably one of the elements that has the greatest power to evoke emotions is lighting. High Key Lighting Everything looks bright with little to no shadow at all. High-key lighting has little dramatic effect, and it is often used in a scene with no tension or to attach positive and uplifting connotations to a character or situation. Low-key lighting. Often used in tense scenes or scenes where negative connotations are to be derived. It comprises of a lighting pattern that has both bright and dark areas in the frame.
Transitions using jump cuts are noticeable in an obvious and deliberate way. The montage technique employs rapid cuts to suggest the passage of time. Unlike a jump cut, where a single shot is cut into several clips, in a montage several short clips are put together in a sequence. This is often used to build anticipation and tension in a scene. A rather creative technique, the match cut puts together two scenes matching the actions of the first shot and blending it into the subsequent one. It is a stylized way to move a narrative ahead connecting two otherwise unrelated actions or situations. With cutaways, as a scene continues, the viewer is taken away from the subject to be given an idea of the surroundings. By being shown the scenario in its entirety, the viewer is made aware of the setting of the subject. By cutting-on-action, a scene could be cut while a character is about to deliver a punch and the next scene would show the person at the receiving end being punched.
Dramas to watch are "The Hate U Give", "After", and "Call Me by Your Name"
I love dramas that are able to keep me interested with the plot, cinematography, and the actors, but it becomes to much when the subject becomes unrememberable and cheesy.
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