FS103 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Citizen Kane, Steadicam, Mesoamerican Chronology
Document Summary
The craft of photographing moving images with a camera. Includes recording the image onto film stock or digital hard-drive, positioning and moving the camera focusing the image using different lenses and filters. Cinematography contributes to the viewer"s emotional response and aesthetic experience. Cinematographers speak to the audience in visual terms using images. Director of photography (dp) or cinematographer: makes artistic and technical decisions about the cinematography. Cameraman: start and stop shooting, moving the camera on a dolly or track, select and focus lenses. Analog video: a video tape system that records images onto magnetic tape, using electronic signals. Digital video: a system for recording images on magnetic tape using a digital signal. Computer generated imagery (cgi): images that originate from computer graphics technology, rather than photography. The lens is the eye of the camera. It has an aperture to let in light, and a focal length to capture images at different distances.
