NinaSooay

Film makers I am inspired by:

Wes Anderson

https://youtu.be/EyklUXwIUbQ

David Lynch

https://youtu.be/2mhwQdV2iYQ

Stanley Kubrick

https://www.premiumbeat.com/blog/john-alcott-cinematographer/

I really enjoyed this brief - architecture photography is something I have always loved. I get really excited walking around and noticing the shapes and patterns that surround us every day, that other people might not notice. For this brief I wanted to take images of your everyday building, showing the geometric patterns that make up these structures. I chose to capture images of the flats that are next to High Street train station in Glasgow. I wanted to go when the sunlight hit directly off the buildings, so it would reveal some nice shapes created by shadows. 

Pros:

I think I managed to capture the beauty in the simple buildings that surround us, it was a perfect sunny day so I was able to capture some lovely shadows and highlights. I experimented with different perspectives and how I would frame the images. I am happy with how they turned out.

Cons:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d7ebWunlhUk

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JjrmLtlzlO0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cu_9ogagGnk

https://movingimageeducation.org/create-films/post-production/techniques

Golden rules

Editing should remain invisible, only the effect is to be experienced - the best cut is the one you don’t see

The storyteller should never let the audience get ahead of them - less is more

The audience has to be a participant, not just a spectator 

Camera Movements

https://boords.com/blog/16-types-of-camera-shots-and-angles-with-gifs

Zoom. 

Panning

Tilt. 

Dolly. 

Truck. 

Pedestal. 

Establishing shot. 

Full shot.

Compositions

The most common composition methods when it comes to moving image are:

Single: This is when the shot shows a single person within the frame.

Two shot: When two characters are in the shot ensuring both faces are in focus and sharp.

Over the shoulder shot: The over the shoulder shot can add an interesting perspective and it is used a lot in film to make the viewer feel they are experiencing what the character is.

POV Shot:  This allows us the point of view of the character.

Insert shot: The insert shot is about showing detail to tell a story, this can also be combined with a POV shot.

Mid shot: A shot that is between a close up and a wide shot.

Close up shot: A close up shot is an extreme close up of the subject which fills the full frame. (Used a lot by Wes Anderson in his films, of the characters faces)

Wide shot: This shows a lot more of the scene in the frame.

Low angle shot: This is shot below the subjects eye line looking up towards the character.

High angle shot: This is when the shot is captured looking down onto the character/subject.

My best bet for shooting is tomorrow as it is going to be sunny for most of the day.

I struggled to get a full building shot due to the location, I was having to be too close to the building. 

* need to reshoot full building*

https://www.yatzer.com/matthieu-venot/slideshow/1

I Love his work. There is something so simple yet pleasing about his images. I love how he uses the harsh blue sky against most of the buildings which help add to his images being filled with geometric shapes, repetition, parallel loines and symmetry. 

Nick Guttridge - London based architecture photographer

Lucien Herve - Historical Architecture Photographer - abstract inspiration

I found this really fun, I had to cut some frames out as they were out of focus.

Adobe Photoshop also offers a number of selection tools: Quick Mask, Rectangular marquee, Elliptical marquee, Lasso, Polygonal Lasso, Magnetic Lasso, Magic Wand. The most efficient way to make a selection in Adobe Photoshop is to use Quick Mask mode. in the lower part of the Toolbox.

https://akvis.com/en/photoshop-tips/selection-tools.php#:~:text=Adobe%20Photoshop%20also%20offers%20a,to%20use%20Quick%20Mask%20mode.&text=in%20the%20lower%20part%20of,use%20a%20hot%20key%20Q%20.

https://helpx.adobe.com/uk/photoshop/how-to/make-selection-layer-mask.html

*Instructions on adobe are below and a link to the tutorial video is above*

What you learned: Create a layer mask from a selection

You can create a layer mask based on a selection. This is useful when you want to isolate a complex subject with the precision of a selection and the flexibility of a layer mask.

Make a selection

Start by creating a selection using any selection method. If the image has a solid color background, it may be easier to select the background than the subject. The Magic Wand tool is useful for selecting a solid color background.

Select the Magic Wand tool in the Toolbar and check Contiguous in the Options bar.

Click the image background to select it. To add to the selection if necessary, Shift-click in the image. To subtract from the selection, Option-click (MacOS) or Alt-click (Windows).

Choose Select > Invert, so the subject is selected instead of the background. Leave the selection active.

Add a layer mask

When you add a layer mask with a selection active, the layer mask automatically contains white where there was a selection and black where there was no selection.

With the selection active, click the Add layer mask button in the Layers panel. On the layer mask, there is white where there was a selection (the subject) and black where there was no selection (the background). The black hides the area that was not selected.

Copy to another image

You could add a new background to this image on a layer below the isolated subject. Or you could use the following method to copy the isolated subject to another image, retaining the layer mask for editing flexibility.

Open another image. Each of the open images has its own tab at the top of the document window.

Copy the masked layer into the second image as follows: In the Layers panel of the first image, click and hold an empty part of the layer that contains the subject and layer mask. Keeping your mouse pressed down, drag from the Layers panel of the first image to the tab of the second image and then into the document window of the second image. Release the mouse. In the Layers panel of the second image, there is a new layer containing the subject and its layer mask.

With the subject layer still selected in the second image, press Command+T (MacOS) or Control+T (Windows). A bounding box with handles appears around the subject.

Drag a corner handle of the bounding box to make the subject smaller or bigger. Drag from inside the bounding box to move the subject.

Click outside the bounding box to finish scaling and positioning the subject and its layer mask in the second image.

If you need to edit the layer mask in the second image, click the layer mask in the Layers panel to make it active. Select the Brush tool in the Toolbar. Paint with black, white, or gray to edit the layer mask.

Save your work with layers