Introduction to Camerawork Warm-Up Exercise 1

                                                                                                                                                       11/15/2022

    The art of film has existed for decades, creating several entertaining media platforms for an audience to watch. What happens in the curation of these movies? Semiotic devices such as the camera is used to objectively record what is going on during scenes. This is called camera work, and into more depth, camera work is cinematography- produced by a camera in which where there is a specific technique such as: angles, motion, etc; used to create the final product of illuminating art! The cameramen and producers are the key people who designs the appearance of the film, whilst the director is the person who ultimately decides the final project while working alongside what looks right in the scene's products. This is significant for how the final film comes out, and certain angles of a film may effect the way the audience may view the movie. For an example, a famous director Jordan Peele is known for his intensive close up shots, which may increase the mood that watchers receive from viewing his movies such as: 'get out', 'nope', 'us' etc. Another prime example is Gina Prince Bythewood who has filmed movies like 'love and basketball' along a recently released film 'The woman King'. Gina is known for her bold camera style, to also increase the ambience of a scene. 

Here is Jordan Peele (On the right) , the creator of the film 'Get out', released on February 24th, 2017.

Here is Gina Prince Bythewood (On the right), the creator of the film 'The Woman King', released on September 16th, 2022.

     From this lesson, I am now able to define two concepts of Camera work. Shot sizing is the amount of what is being presented in a scene- there can be 2 characters or 5, in a busy or peaceful setting depending on what size the scene is being formatted in. Camerawork is the way that a film is being recorded- what angles & style is being interrupted during a scene, and how? From watching a quick video, (https://youtu.be/SlNviMsi0K0) a more into depth description along with examples was provided to me so I can develop ideas to use in my story board. My storyboard is my media produced product, and I documented the camera angles: The Low angle, Overhead, High Angle, Dutch Angle, Eye level shot, Hip level, Knee Level, and Ground Level. This is followed by the Nine shot sizes: The Establishing shot, Master shot, Wide shot, Full shot, Medium full shot, Medium shot, Medium Close up shot, Close up, and lastly, the extreme close up shot. I found it most captivating how certain angles may help express a certain feeling that a character is expression, a shocking face may be zoomed into to represent awe, whilst a lonely person may be Wide shotted, in a empty room to represent the despair. When I start the pre production of my film with my team, It will be ethical is we analyze different genre movies and how they use shot sizes to effect the storyline. Next, we will ensure to document ways that camera angles may effect the audiences general feeling about the movie. Most importantly, we will create more storyboards to practice implementing these techniques into our movie!