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The Camera- ISO and Gain

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What is ISO ISO is a setting in the camera that changes the camera sensitivity to light. Changing This can make an image appear brighter with the drawback that the image has more visual noise. This will make it appear more grainy. You could use higher ISO when the scene is darker and you cannot use shutter speed or aperture to adjust without ruining the scene. And in contrast, when the scene is too bright you can use lower ISO to decrease exposure. 100 200 400 800 1600 A series of images we took at increasing ISO's and adjusted for brightness with shutter speed and aperture. If you look closely you will notice the increasing noise What is Gain Gain has the same effect as ISO, increasing the camera's sensitivity to light, however, gain can be used to change the lighting during a video. You can increase the gain to increase exposure or decrease gain to decrease exposure during a film.

The Camera- Aperture and Iris

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  What is aperture? What aperture controls is how wide or narrow the opening of your lens is while taking a photo. You can shrink the lens with a higher aperture allowing less light to enter or expand it with a lower aperture allowing more light to flood in. This has a direct effect on exposure and depth of field. A picture I took with a very low aperture demonstrates the bouquet effect. How does aperture affect exposure? By changing the amount of light entering your lens you affect the exposure of your photo every time you change the aperture. With a higher aperture, your scene will be darker and with a lower aperture, your scene will appear more bright. These two pictures I took with the same lighting  but with different apertures demonstrating its effect on exposure how does aperture affect depth of field? Aperture is very important for its ability to change the depth of field.  Using a large aperture and closing your lens to a smaller size creates ...

The Camera- Shutter Speed

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What is shutter speed, and why is it so important? Shutter speed is an important tool in photography as it controls the amount of motion blur that will appear in a single photo. What shutter speed actually controls is how long the shutter stays open, the longer it is open the more time we get to see in a photo which is shown by motion blur I believe this image is a good example of how shutter speed works because it shows that in one image you can see my full motion  of opening the door which leaves my entire looking elongated with  motion blur This photo is another example of slow shutter speed  and how the shutter staying open longer captured my  entire figure 8 movement with the light over a few seconds  How is shutter speed measured? Shutter speed is measured by the time that the shutter will stay open in fractions of a second. This diagram of a running girl Gives a basic idea of the exact effects when you change the fractions of a second with shutter speed. ...

Camera Movements interview final production

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Storyboard for camera movements

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  Here is my storyboard from Celtix

Leardi Composition

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Camera Movements and Emotions

 In films emotion can be conveyed in many ways, color, lighting, setting, but also through the movement of a camera. Filmmakers will intentionally move the camera in specific ways to give the viewer an idea of the feeling that the scene is conveying. Crane down: Filmmakers will mount the camera on a crane, lowering it from the crane gives the feeling of being thrown into a new scene and setting Crane up: A camera moving up on a crane gives shows us how small the character really is compared to his surroundings and obstacles he has to overcome. Crane High to Low: When a camera is taken from a very high to a very low camera angle it makes the character look strong and opposing and gives us a feeling of authority from the character. Handheld camera movement: Handheld movement is less smooth than movement on a crane and gives a feeling of unease and danger. Quick Pan: Is used to reveal something that we had been unaware of and totally change the direction of the scene. Quick Push In: C...