While the designer is responsible for creating the content that they feel is most effective in storytelling, it is also in their responsibility to take into account how viewers and users will interpret it when they see it and recall on it later on when building their hypotheses on past experience. To create an effective…
Since the dawn of time humans have been equipped with five different senses to help them learn more about the environment in which they live: sight, sound, feel, smell, taste, and touch. Richard Gregory also proposes the idea that perceptions people make about the world around them are hypotheses based on past experience and stored…
READING & WRITING When preparing for an upcoming shoot, most filmmakers take into account the types of shots they are going to get, what kind of camera they’re using, sound equipment, etc. but what many forget until the issue comes up is what kind of lighting they are going to use. Naturally sunlight is the…
In every movie there comes a turning point or realization for the character where they know what happens next can change their fate or affect those they care about. In this scene from my groups short film thesis Acts of Contrition, we see Father Don sitting alone as stares down at his breakfast. What makes…
This photo could’ve been taken earlier in the day as my dog enjoys looking out the window into the yard, but I decided to wait until after the rain storm coming later in the day. I did this because I wanted to wait for the right moment. Gitner talks about how moments are crucial to…
Reading and Writing One of the biggest revolutions in filmmaking was when filmmakers discovered that if they moved the camera throughout the scene to different angles, filming the same action, they could enhance the viewing and storytelling experience for viewers. So instead of having one long take of the entire scene from one angle with…
READING & WRITING “It is the role of the editors to edit the reality of the viewers.” That’s one of the key phrases Schroeppel uses to start off his chapter on editing. What you choose in terms of visuals and sound can help to get the message to viewers effectively and also trigger a reaction.…
Reading and Writing One of the first and most important points that Tom Schroeppel brings up in his book The Bare Bones Camera Course for Film and Video, is to always remember to check the focus of the camera. The shot and framing can be set up perfectly and the actors can have a perfect…
Reading and Writing The more effort and planning that is put into pre-production planning means the more time a filmmaker can put into their actual production without having to worry about locations, shots, etc. And the same goes for the production phase itself in that if all goes smoothly (or at least close) then the…
Reading and Writing In Chapter 8 of The Bare Bones Camera Course for Film and Video, Tom Schroeppel gives his key points on what microphones to use in certain situations as well as the science behind sound. There are two ways to break down the way people perceive sound. The first is frequency which looks…