DES 251 Digital Media Design III

The language of Cinema

In order to express ideas through motion it's worth to spend some time learning about the vocabulary of movies/film



Martin Scorsese on the Importance of Visual Literacy



Camera Movement

We have a virtual camera available in After Effects. It's worth to spend some time lo learn about typical camera movement/techniques used for movies. A certain kind of camera movement can express a certain emotion or meaning. We won't be filming actors but I wonder if some of those techniques can add meaning to a sequence – even if it's "filmed" typography.



For clip above:

00:00 Camera Movement Techniques
01:18 Static Shots
03:12 Pan
03:55 Whip Pan
05:11 Tilt
07:07 Push In
09:05 Pull Out
10:24 Zoom
11:55 Crash Zoom
12:50 Dolly Zoom
15:36 Camera Roll
17:43 Tracking
19:25 Trucking
20:40 Arc
22:47 Boom
24:23 Random Movement
26:27 Camera Movement Exercise: Star Wars Scene
28:05 Final Takeaways




Cinematic Composition

Film Editing Techniques

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