The Photography Exercise

In this week's tutorial, we learnt about all the different shots, these were learnt below;

- Very Long Shot (VLS) Subject is quite small on screen. Used to show the subject in a location, can be used to show loneliness or isolation. Good for an establishing shot.
-  Long Shot (LS) Shows subject from head to feet. Also used to show the subject and their surroundings.
-  Medium Long Shot (MLS) Shows subject from calves up (cut off feet).
-  Mid Shot (MS) Shows subject from the waist up.
-  Medium Close Up (MCU) Shows subject from chest level up. Good for interviews/talking heads. -- -  Close Up (CU) Shows subject from shoulders up.
-  Big Close Up (BCU) Shows subject’s face from chin to forehead. Use sparingly.
-  Extreme Close Up (ECU) Shows only a part of subject’s face, eg eye, mouth. Use sparingly.

As well as learning about the thirds for the positioning of the model for the shot.

We did a class exercise that involved using these skills to understand how to take photos correctly. The photos will be uploaded next week, since they have to be edited. It was a story that we had to create through photos. Here is the outline for that;

'Lost HARRY or HARRIET arrives for his/her first day at UniSA’s Magill Campus. He/she appears very worried because he/she doesn’t know where the first lecture is being held. HARRY/HARRIET asks people for directions and then looks at a map of the campus and realises where he/she needs to go. HARRY/HARRIET hurries to the lecture theatre, but when he/she gets there the room is empty. HARRY/HARRIET has got the wrong day'

This will help my story board and planning for my video for Deforestation.