What I learned from watching films

One of my favorite workshops was when we observed how well commercials followed the "rule of thirds". I didn't implement this rule into my videos as much as I would have liked to. It was interesting to see how much videos follow this rule,even in long movies I could see the use of this rule. This "rule of thirds" is used so that film makers can attract the most amount of attention from viewers. I use to believe that the best point to center things would be in the middle of the screen but this rule proved me wrong. It will give me an advantage in the future when taking pictures of friends and family. Angles are an important aspect of filming because it emphasizes the effect trying to be produced. The low angle shot would show something taller than the cameras point of view. This angle could be used to express that the object is powerful. One of the videos we watched this year about a little boy who defends his teacher from her fiance uses the canted angle. The canted angle is used when the fiance gets shot and the tilted camera shots shows that he has been hit. Angles have a huge impact on filming because they portray feelings with out saying anything. Many emotions can be expressed with different angles. Lighting creates moods in filming. Such as when Ardle when he is looking at his teacher there is a light that is shining on him. This lighting signifies his love for Ms Purdy. Also later in the video Ardle is angry and there is dim lighting on his face from the moon, this lighting gives a feeling that he is planning something evil. The lighting and the colors in a film affect the mood, unfortunatly I didn't get to use it very much to express a mood. My experience in this class was full of mixed emotions through out the process of making videos. It would begin with creating an idea which was usually easy. Then I was confronted with the ability and willingness to follow through with the plan. I can see how pursuing a filming career could be stressful yet exciting. Most of my filming projects felt pressed for time. I had to learn to accomadate our video to the time we had. The rewarding part would be when we were finished uploading the finished video project to our blogs. I would then be able to see my accomplishments and admire them.