Wednesday, November 10, 2010

The establishing shot

"In motion pictures and television production, opening shot that establishes the environment of a show or scene. The establishing shot usually has a wide field of view and serves to orient the audience to the surroundings of the situation they are about to see."

Got that off of answers.com.

It took me a while to figure out what my next shots would be, but eventually I settled on starting at the beginning.  I mean, why not?

These two shots are taken in my neighborhood, at night.  I figured I would give the camera a chance to show me what it's got in low-to-no light situations.  It's clear that if I do any shooting at night, it'll need to be in a lit area.  Or I can spend a couple grand on some lighting.  Yeah, that's not going to happen.

One thing I did notice is that the normally innocuous looking house in the second shot looks kind of eerie in the dark.  So there's that.

I think what I may end up doing it trying out different techniques that I enjoy from films I love, so I have more structure, once I've gotten the hang of the camera, it's capabilities and it's functions.

Anyway, here's tonight's shots.  More tomorrow.


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