In Camera Research

http://www.canonoutsideofauto.ca/learn/


The link above refreshed my memory with camera settings, exposure etc. . I have done photography in the past, but that was many years ago and I needed to refresh my memory about the settings because I've chosen this project to challenge my film making skills. Because in previous projects I've focussed on after effects and post production techniques and in this project I've chosen to use in camera techniques primarily.  In my test footage, the sun was too bright and this made the screen very hard to see causing me great difficulty to focus the shot. I also needed to adjust the ISO because it was too high making the sky too bright. I also put the setting on AV (Aperture Priority), which meant that the shutter speed was controlled automatically. Instead I need to use manual settings to get everything in focus for the two main characters.

The smaller the f number, the shallower the depth of field. I'll need to take this into account with my film. This will help because I will be controlling the depth of field which will keep the runner and giant both sharp and in focus.


ISO the higher number the brighter it gets
Shutter Speed and Aperture, the higher the number the darker it gets

Forced perspective - how to create it

I learnt from this video that with forced perspective you have to have (in this case) the items that are smaller in the foreground and the bigger items in the background with a gap in the middle and the shadows cannot cross the line.

This photoshoot was to experiment with forced perspective whilst two characters were sitting at a table. For the most part it was a learning curve. The cardboard was slightly warped and didn't show the illusion I wanted and the table was too short to continue this illusion. I forgot to change the camera settings to the appropriate modes and the ISO, shutter speed, aperture and the focus were all out and not tuned correctly,