Today we had a workshop on camera composition with Matt, from the production team. We learnt about rule of thirds, foreground lighting and lighting. I found it very interesting learning how to make the frame more interesting. I also do photography, which I think will be useful in the production of the opening scene as I can use some of the same techniques such as rule of thirds.
Rule of thirds is when you place the focus point of the image on certain points in the frame in order to draw the attention to it and make it a lot more interesting.
The rule of thirds is made up of four lines, and each point where the lines cross is a focus point. So it is a point of interest. Here is an example:
The red dots are the points of interest, so when Matt's head is on the point of interest it makes the frame a lot more interesting and better composed.
Another thing Matt talked about is matching the camera height to the subject. When looking around we tilt our head up and down, so this is natrually what we would do with a camera, however this does not make a very interesting shot so instead we should film from the height of the object. Like this:
He also talked about lighting, and how to make it more interesting, for example using foreground and background lighting, and different colours of lights to make it look more interesting.
I think that lighting will be a big part in our scene, as we plan to use it to set the atmosphere and tone. So I found this very helpful.
We were then set a task to try using these rules using our phones. I did some not using the rule, and then using it, so I could compare the difference. Here are my outcomes:
Rule of thirds:
Camera height:
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