The brief for this exercise is to find a subject in front of a background with depth. Take a very close viewpoint and zoom in; you’ll need to be aware of the minimum focusing distance of your lens. Focus on the subject and take a single shot. Then, without changing the focal length or framing, …
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Exercise 2.2: Viewpoint
The brief for this exercise is to select you longest focal length and compose a portrait shot, fairly tightly within the frame, in front of a background with depth. Take one photograph, then walk towards you subject while zooming out to your shortest focal length. Frame the subject in precisely the same way in the …
Exercise 2.1 – Zoom
The brief for this exercise was to find a scene with depth and from a fixed position, take a sequence of five or six shots at different focal lengths without changing viewpoint. A number of examples of how zooming in on images has been used in film were provided in the course notes as well …
Lens Work
Wim Wenders ‘ The most political decision you make is where you direct people’s eyes. In other words, what you show people, day in and day out, is political… And the most politically indoctrinating thing you can do to a human being is to show him, every day, that there can be no change. ‘(Wim …
Exercise 2.3: Focus
The brief for this exercise was to find a location with a good light for a portrait shot. Place your subject some distance in front of a simple background and select a wide aperture together with a moderately long focal length. Take a viewpoint about one and a half metres from your subject, allowing you …
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