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Preliminary Exercise: Introduction to Camerawork Warm-Up Exercise 1

What is Camerawork?    Every good picture or film needs good camerawork. Camerawork adds to the story, and it allows the audience to engage in what is going on in the film. Camerawork is an art that combines cinematography, film making, and photography. Moreover, cinematography is the art of using light and camera to add storytelling to a motion picture. The person responsible for this job in film is known as the Director of Photography. Moreover, there are actors who are notable for adding to the camerawork. Leonardo DiCaprio is known for playing vigorously into his characters. Whether he is playing Romeo, in Romeo and Juliet, or Jack from, the Titanic, he is seen as one of the greatest actors because of the factor he adds to film. Another actor is Keanu Reeves, who is notable for playing in movies such as The Matrix and John Wick. Leonardo DiCaprio Keanu Reeves   Two main concepts that I was introduced in while I was learning about camerawork was shot sizes and camera a...

Preliminary Exercise 5: Introduction to Color in Film

    In this assignment, we were supposed to use our knowledge of mise en scene and color to help us identify the meaning each color has. In film, color is a element of mise en scene that can dictate the tone of the film. When there is a variety of colors in a film, it usually indicates that the tone of the movie is joyous and playful. When there are monotone-like colors such as black and white, then there tone becomes more gloomy, or even depressing. The people who are responsible for creating the tone and atmosphere in the film are include colorists and production designers, whose goal is to provide the necessary elements needed for the film. If the designers do their job affectively, then they will be able to create a tone that seems appealing to the audience, as well as create a story that gives off the proper emotion required for the tone.    In the preliminary exercise above, the goal was for me and my team to elaborate on what color each color means Me and Bran...