Preliminary Exercise 7: Storyboarding Camerawork: Shot Sizes, Camera angles, Framing and Camera Composition Post 1: Day 2

 

           In the storyboarding process, I need to outline key moments in the scene and include the dialogue, the action, and camera angles using simple sketches to visualize what is taking place. To create a storyboard, you need the skills of storytelling, creativity, and adaptability. The objective of sheets 3 and 4 is to use camerawork techniques to create storyboard scenes. The camerawork techniques that are used in sheets 3 and 4 are:

Shot size

- Close-up shot

- Extreme close-up shot

- Medium shot

- Medium-full shot

- Wide shot

Camera Angle

- Overhead shot

- Eye level

- Dutch angle

- Shoulder level

- High angle

- Knee level

- Ground level

Framing

- Over the shoulder

- Two shot

- Insert shot

- Single shot

- Crowd shot

- Point of view

Composition

- Point of view

- Deep focus

- Shallow focus

- Balance

- Horizontal line

- Color

Reflection

          The objective of this activity is to use a storyboard, organize shots, and define ideas before putting them into production by analyzing camerawork, shot size, angles, framing, and composition. During day 2 of storyboarding, I learned more camerawork techniques that can be used to create more depth in a scene. It was a little more difficult than day 1 because on day 2 I attempted to incorporate more challenging and lesser-known camerawork techniques. We accomplished the goal of recognizing how audience reactions, media language, and the production, distribution, and consumption processes of the media industry shape the opinions and ideologies expressed in media products. My team prepared for this exercise by researching and gaining more knowledge on camerawork techniques. I worked with 3 other people. Me and Marley took turns drawing, Peyton and Khloe researched together, and we all brainstormed and planned on how to combine the techniques. During this exercise, I learned more ways in which camerawork techniques are used together can greatly influence the sense of the feel of the movie.

Work Cited

Eisner, A. (2023, August 28). Storyboarding: What Makes a Perfect Storyboard? Careers in Film | Film Schools & Colleges. https://www.careersinfilm.com/storyboarding/#:~:text=The%20storyboarding%20process%20involves%20the,be%20clearly%20visualized%20and%20understood