Wednesday 12 March 2014

Psycho (1960)


Film poster of Psycho

Editing: 

Action matching
-when the woman finish her calculation, she throw the paper ball into the bin. The camera shooting at her action and the bin but not the whole scene to show she throwing the paper. After that, she looks at the bin and find out the paper. Here's the action matching.

  Effect
The mysterious scene is created. The audience can have more imageneration. 

Montage
She goes to the washroom and bath. When she is killed by the killer. The camera shots the killer and her separately. It is to show the woman was killing by someone and the killer was killing someone. The editing put these into a same scene and the montage is happened.

  Effect
  The atmosphere was created. We cannot see that the actual things is happen but we can notice the happening when we saw the scene.

Pace:
The pace is forming slow to fast. Finally, it become slower. The shape of graphically is a mountain-like.
Slow pace;
-The woman writing something on the table and sitting on the chair.
-The woman was going to shower.
-When the woman was bathing, the pace is getting faster.
-The killer comes out and the woman's facial expression is bring out she is scared. Each clips of the pace is the fastest in that scene.

 Effect
 It can used to show audience the fear and scary of the woman and killer. 



Sunday 9 March 2014

Camera Tasks

Required: [ISO 100/200/400]
1. Lens and focal length
(a) aperture: f11
     lens: 16mm 
     model: Kelly Fung

Close Up (CU)
Medium Shot (MS)

Long Shot (LS)























(b) aperture: f11
     lens: 35mm
     model: Vanessa Lin (Me XD)
Close Up (CU)

Medium Shot (MS)

Long Shot (LS)
(c) aperture: f11
     lens: 85mm
     model: Kelly Fung

Close Up (CU)

Medium Shot (MS)

Long Shot (LS)

Description:
Compare the results
Do they look different? Why?
Yes, because of the lens are fixed, I need to stand at a properly place to take the photo.

Look at the background, depth and angle of view.
Which do you prefer?
I prefer to use the 85mm lens for shooting. It is because it can let me to shot everythings I want. The background on 85mm will be more clear and the CU can be shot on the lens of 85mm.


2. Depth of field and selective focus
(a) lens: 16mm
     camera angle: Medium Close Up (MCU)
     model: Vanessa Lin
aperture: f22

aperture: f18

aperture: f14


aperture: f10


aperture: f6.5


aperture: f3.5
(b) lens: 35mm
     camera angle: Medium Close Up (MCU)
     model: Kelly Fung
aperture: f22

aperture: f18
aperture: f14

aperture: f10

aperture: f6.3

aperture: f4.5
(c) lens: 85mm
     camera angle: Medium Close Up (MCU)
     model: Vanessa Lin
aperture: f22

aperture: f18

aperture: f14

aperture: f10

aperture: f6.3

aperture: f5.6
Description:
Compare the differences.
Which setting gives the greatest depth of field? Which gives the least? Which do you prefer and why?
The aperture f10 to f14 give the greatest depth of field in each lens. The aperture of f6.3 below give the least. However, the aperture of f18 to f22 are too dark for photographing. It should be used when the skies are bright or in the cool atmosphere.

When might you want to use depth?
I might need to use depth when I need to take a landscape picture and some places that have a long corridor. For example, the desert and the beach etc.

When might you want to use shallow depth of field?
I will use the shallow depth of field when I want to show the detail things of the picture. For example, a flower, a ant and a leaf etc.


3. Camera shake
camera angle: Medium Long Shot (MLS)
ISO: 100
(a) lens: 85mm(longest)
     model: Kelly Fung
aperture: f22

aperture: f8

aperture: f5.6 
(b) lens: 35mm
     model: Vanessa Lin
aperture: f22

aperture: f8

aperture: f4.5
(c) lens: 16mm
     model: Kelly Fung
aperture: f22

aperture: f8

aperture: f3.5
Description:
The 85mm lens is the sharpest. It is because it have the most focus. It can shot the things in detail. The picture bright or dark is depends on the shutter speed and shake. When it is slow, the picture will be more dark. On the other hand, when the shutter speed is fast, the picture will be brighter.