Reading 3

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Types of shots:
Straight on
Extreme wide shot
Close up
Dutch angle
upshot
Downshot
group shot
over the shoulder
Back to the camera
looking over the shoulder
cutting on action

Silhouettes in storytelling, help things show emotion, importance of a group, focus on what someone is looking at, creates emotion, and more.

Light and Color: Chapter 3
Form and Light


Separation of light and shadow

Casts Shadows:
Think about how reflected light changes shadows color temperature and direction
Think about hard light and soft light vs shadows
Think about how distance affects shadows.

Half Shadows
half the object in shadows creates drama.

Occlusion Shadows:
Shadows of objects near enough each other to block the the light.

Three Quarter Lighting: Key lights and fill lights

Rembrant lighting

Frontal Lighting: Light that shines directly toward the model from the viewer's perspective.
Edge lighting: comes from behind to touch the sides of the form, separating it from the background.

Contre Jour: is a type of backlighting were a subject blocks the light, often standing against a bright sky or an illuminated doorway.

Light from Below: magical sinister or dramatic lighting from below:

Reflected Light:
Upfacing planes are cool and downfacing planes are warm
Reflected light falls off quickly from source
Shadow is the sum of all reflected light colors
outside shots warm ground light and blue skylight

Spot lighting:
Different forms will react to light differently, solid objects vs clouds vs leaves.