Rule of thirds? Triumvirant?!

As there is snow all around, everything is bright. I need my stunna shades any time i go outside. Makes me think about lighting. I think that lighting effects are the most attainable techniques that we talked about. Lighting is definitely a huge factor as to how a movie is felt by the viewer. Dark movies obviously create a more scary of a movie, while bright movies with a lot of color give a happier tone. Most of the effects, backlighting, key light, are much easier to handle when compared to tricks with a camera. After all, lights are the easiest tool to get when it comes to making a small extremely low budget film.

The camera tricks, will most likely take a little bit more practice to fully understand when and where to use them. The "holy trinity of film" has tremendous power in how the film comes together. The aperture, shutter speed, and ISO all add a different effect to a scene, and using them all together in the appropriate way is a task in itself, but can be a defining factor in how great a film looks. The aperture is what allows the constant light in, by constant i mean that it does not shut or close. The wider the aperture is, the more light can get to the sensor chip inside the camera. The shutter speed closes a rapid number of times per second, the smaller the number, the more light is allowed in, the more it shuts in a second, the less light. finally, ISO controls how sensitive the camera is to light that is allowed in. These three factors all contribute a great deal to the look of the film, while two factors could be spot on, if one is off, the film may look out of focus or a little too bright or dark.

The different shots (wide, close up, long) all i believe are able to be done, and i would like to put as many different shots in our film as possible without making it too cluttered. I particularly liked the scenes in Citizen Kane where three different depths of shot were all still in focus. As far as the rule of thirds is concerned, i want to stretch it a little. Maybe go outside the rule a little, not too much, i don't want to crush the rule, but more of bend it. Nose room and head room i would like to stretch a little also now that i think about it. OOO my favorite shot that i saw in class is when from a film where a woman walks away from the conversation to answer the phone, and instead of the camera following her to the room, we watch her walk down the hall, sit on the bed and answer the phone. The only thing is, we don't see the front half of her body, and the first instinct is to lean to the right to see around the door frame. Such an amazing shot!!! If i could have a shot half as amazing as that one, then i think i wil be happy with the whole film!

On a different note. How about those super bowl commercials! and the saints too i guess!

My favorite super bowl commercial of all time is the one second commercial that a beer company did last year. Miller light i think. Great commercial.

Peace people, enjoy the snow while its still around here in C-way