A Tracking shot, as I talked about in one of my earlier posts titled "Basic Camerawork: Camera Movements," is where the camera is mounted on a dolly and follows the subject/object while always keeping the subject/object in frame. In the lesson on the 5th October we learnt how to set up a track in order to film a tracking shot and then we put our skills into action and filmed myself being shot using a tracking shot. Below I am going to show you the video of what the outcome was.
The next video I am going to show you is of a tracking shot being used in a real film. This is what a tracking shot looks like from an extract of a real film. You only have to watch from 0:38 to 1:19 to see the tracking shot being used. This extract is from a film called Nostalghia.
The next thing we did in the lesson was we learnt how to set up the camera on a dolly in order to film using a dolly shot. Where we filmed an arc shot with Tamarin in the middle of the frame. We then filmed an arc shot of Tamarin using a dolly. Below I will show you the video of what the outcome was.
An arc shot is when the camera moves around the subject. The camera moves in a rough semi-circle around the subject.
The next video I am going to show you is of a arc shot being filmed using a dolly from a real film extract. This extract is from a film called Black Hawk Down.
The last thing we looked at in the lesson was 3-point lighting. This lighting technique uses 3 lights. The key light, the fill light and the back light. Below I will add a picture of the 3 different lights.
All three lights have different purposes which I will explain below.
The Key light - The main light. This is usually the strongest light and has the most influence on the look of the subject and even the scene. It is placed at an angle on one side of the subject. This is so one side of the subject is well lit but creates a shadow on the other side of the subject.
The Fill light - This is the secondary light. It is placed on the other side of the subject opposite the key light. It is used to fill in the shadows on the one side of the subjects face that the key light created. This will create a softer look to the subject and to the scene.
The Back light - This is placed behind the subject and is lit up from behind. Rather than providing direct light. The purpose is to provide definition and highlights to the subjects outlines. This stops the subject from fading into the background.
We carried out this task in the lesson where Tamarin acted as the subject in the middle of the shot and then in the background Emily explained what each of the lights was and what their purpose was. I am going to show you the video below.
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