Introduction to Film Photography Direction
Positioning the camera and exposure (Scene 2, Drama)
A course by David Curto , Cinematographer
About the video: Positioning the camera and exposure (Scene 2, Drama)
Overview
“We continue with the dramatic scene and do the same as with the romantic scene. I will give you the keys on how to position the camera to convey what I reflected in my story.”
In this video lesson David Curto addresses the topic: Positioning the camera and exposure (Scene 2, Drama), which is part of the Domestika online course: Introduction to Film Photography Direction. Learn to convey the emotions of a story through light and a camera.
Partial transcription of the video
“POSITIONING THE CAMERA AND EXHIBITION (Drama scene) Once we have raised all the lighting, let's now raise the issue of the camera. As in sequence number 1, we will be on a tripod. Let's put the camera chopped to dwarf Mariana’s character, since in this sequence she will go through a very hard time of mourning. It’s a way for the character to feel a little smaller from the height of the camera. As for the optics, we will have a slightly more tele optic with a 70-80 mm, approximately, and we are going to make the image a little flatter. As the distance acquired from the characters to the came...”
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Course summary for: Introduction to Film Photography Direction
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Photography & Video -
Areas
Film, Film, Video & TV, Lighting Design, Photographic Lighting
David Curto
A course by David Curto
David Curto is in love with cinema and photography. He studied at the Higher School of Cinema and Audiovisual of Catalonia (ESCAC). A native of Spain, in 2010 he moved to Colombia, where he lived for 8 years. He currently divides his time between the two countries.
He has worked for brands such as Motorola, Honda, Ford, Avianca, Nestlé, and Heineken and has filmed music videos for artists like Sebastian Yatra, David Bisbal, Juan Magán, Aitana, Ana Guerra, Lalo Ebratt, Greeicy, Tini, and others. He worked as the director of photography on films such as The Boy by Craig Macnaill, Fucking Games and Anthropos by Spiros Stathoulopoulos, and Bad Lucky Goat by Samir Oliveros, presenting the latter worldwide at the SXSW festival in Austin (USA).
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