Cinematography notes

Deep Focus
All of scene is in focus, requires a lot of light

Shallow Focus
Only one plane is in focus, other is blurred. Eg: Foreground is visible, blurry background

Racking Focus
Shift of focus from foreground to background, beginning in style of Shallow Focus

Zoom Shot
Change of length of lens in middle, we appear far away

--FILM SPEED--

24FPS is standard in films, films in lower FPS, played at a quicker speed are jumpier, look like snapshots

--FRAMING--

Orson Welles uses unsettling objects and people in his scenes to make the viewer uneasy

--FRAMING--

Angle
Low or high camera angles show different emotions (intimidation, fear, abandonment)

Level
Height at which the camera is placed at, exaggerate POV

Canted
If camera is purposely tilted to suggest danger or disorder

Following shot/reframing
Follows characters with pans, tilts, tracking etc.

POV
Shows perspective of a character, emulates their sight

Wide-Angle Lens
Shows space, emphasis

--SHOT TYPES--

Extreme long shot
Makes scene appear tiny

Long shot
Makes scene appear small

Medium Long Shot
What is being viewed takes up almost all of screen

Medium CloseUp
What is being viewed takes up almost all of screen

CloseUp
Intense, fills all of screen

Extreme CloseUp
Very large object (eg:eye) shown very close