Advice on Specific Styles of Filming

Abstract

The last few chapters expanded discussions about the basics of filming to greater details – composition, light, steady hands, focal length, angles , and so much more. These are the foundations for capturing persuasive clips. Helpful hints and directions go a long way when filming; however, there is more to filming than just understanding how to use your quiver or manipulating your environment. The kind of media that you weave into your movie (e.g., video interviews , animations, fieldwork, landscapes , photos, or narrations ) creates a relationship with a viewer. Hopefully your choice of media helps to strengthen your story . Because of the large influence of media-type on how films affect audiences, specific media-type may be more appropriate for one style of film over others. Here we will delve into some of the methods behind filming interviews , landscapes , stop motion animation, news reports , and screenplays . There are a number of other film types , but these represent a great staging point to move forward with the films that you have in mind.