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Video Production - Coggle Diagram

- - - - concern the scale of the subject
      - Can show the special relationship between subjects
    - - A subject entire body reaches from the top to the bottom edges of the frame
      - make statements about a subject's physicality
    - - Medium Full (cowboy shot)
        
        from the top of the subject's head to just below their waist
        
        present a subject as confident, dangerous or confrontational
      - Medium
        
        Neutral shot
        
        The size similar we interact with people
        
        Starts above the waist but below the chest, end just above the head
        
        dig into a subject size without losing their physicality or environment
        
        utilize a true middle-ground approach that is neither jarring nor especially dramatic
      - Medium Close-up
        
        mid chest to just above their head
        
        reducing distraction and prioritizing story and character details
        
        get intimate with a subject without losing their physicality
        
        capture subjects reaction
    - - Close-up
        
        eye level, better to dig into the windows of the soul
        
        front rule seat for a character's thoughts and feelings
        
        empathy and illustrates how dramatically effective it can be in a time of decision or anxiety
      - Extreme close-up
        
        frames a subject to isolate a specific area (eyes are typically the focus)
        
        can highlight something crucial to the character
  - - - below a subject's eye line looking up at them
    - - diminish the character, making them appear weak
      - establish the environment, city, landscape, or show characters moving through a larger world
    - - when high angle approach 90 degrees above the subject
      - show complex movement, suggest a connection to the divine
      - capture the horrific details of a crime scene
    - - skews the horizontal axis of the frame for an off-kilter image that produces a variety of effects
      - sense of unease, terror
      - magnify tension
    - - most natural height to regard the character
    - - the cowboy shot we mentioned in shot size
    - - place the camera at knee heights
      - doubling as low angles
      - track through an environment following a character
      - showcase character details
    - - camera place all the way down on the ground, even lower than ground
      - track a character's movement through a scene, or to capture the detail within the setting
    - - gives the illusion of a slightly low angle shot without its heavier connotations
      - during conversations
      - emphasize a height difference
  - - - Points of interest on the thirds of your frame
    - - highlighting the beauty in a shot
      - put the subjects in the center to focus
    - - tell audience where they should be looking at
    - - prevent your shots from getting really uncomfortable
    - - separate the subjects by blurring the background
    - - subjects bigger-important, subjects smaller- insignificant
  - - - Static Shots- locking the camera to a tripod in a fixed position
        
        suggest character helpness
        
        shine the character
    - - reveal character, setting, scale
    - - slow pan- builds anticipation
      - rapid pan-highthen big energy of the shot
    - - follow a character's actions
      - used to. reveal information
    - - Random Movement- movement without control, defined by camera shake
        
        give the impression that events are happening in real-time when nothing is planned and anything can happen
      - Boom- moves a camera up or down, utilizing a crane, jib, or pedestal.
        
        large boom- used to follow character in actions, or to capture the world surrounding them
        
        small boom- reveal informatopm
      - Arc- orbits around a subject, can be horizontal and vertical
        
        dizzy reflect, can reflect the character's mental state
        
        keep our focus centralized on the subject
      - Trucking-camera move laterally left or right
        
        engaging by following the actions of a character
      - Tracking- physically moves the camera through a scene, typically following subject
        
        lead or follow the subjects
        
        draw out attention to specific movements
        
        move audience directly into the scene
        
        move "with" subject
      - Push in- moves the camera towards a subject
        
        communicate internal conflict
        
        use on objects, text, such details
        
        capture character thought process
      - Camera Roll- turns the camera on its long axis while maintaining the direction of the lens
        
        visually reinforce theme
        
        match character's movement, the panic, or conflict
      - Pull out- deemphasizes the subject
        
        isolation
        
        detach us from the scene or the entire film
        
        disconnect from the characters
      - Dolly Zoom- utilizes both a dolly movement and lens zoom to create something called the vertigo effect
        
        dolly out while zooming in-foreground subject to become dominant over the background
        
        highlight growing relationship
        
        dolly in while zooming out- background grow in size while maintaining the scale of the foreground. Internal or external conflict
      - Zoom- change the focal length of the camera's lens
        
        draw our attention to specific detail
        
        reveal the context around a subject
      - Crash Zoom
        
        dramatic or comedic effect
- - - - set dressing
      - color scheme & color psychlogy used in film
    - - The composition of the character's clothes
      - the accessories they use
    - - communicate the deeper meaning behind the images (the subtext)
  - - - The script speaks to the right audience
      - The script is polished and approved
      - The budget meets the projects needs
      - The script has been storyboarded
    - - The talent is in place
      - Crew: all positions are filled and aware of their schedule
      - all the equipment is in place
      - a shot list is available
    - - Gear ready and in place
      - Pre-visualization with key members is done
      - location is locked down
      - lights, camera, and audio are ready
- - - - cutting one shot to another while the subject showing emotion
        
        show some movement, eg: kicking
    - - cut an insert shot and put it back
        
        to get inside to a character
    - - back and forth in the location
        
        phone conversation
    - - the other cut between the same shot
      - urgency
    - - different shot by matching the action, or the position
        
        jumping from a place to another
        
        verbal connection also
    - - broad transition
        
        waking up from a nightmare
        
        intense to quiet or quiet to intense
    - - give impression to the single take
        
        when the subject leave the frame
  - - - fade in black or fade out
        
        to end a scene
    - - put one shot into another
        
        present the passing time
    - - many types of wipe
        
        eg: when two mouth kissing and then separate in the shot
    - - audion from the next scene start before you get there
        
        hear the things first and see later
        
        review new element in the scene
    - - the blur seen in moving objects
        
        waving hand, running feets
    - - open and close the iris to transition to black
        
        show the joyce of character
    - - audio base transition. carry to the next shot
        
        like voice
- - - - obscure the frame often with a dark color
    - - when camera moved so fast that there's motion blur