#camera shots

Background + Camera Effect Test

Bluesky Thread - The Story with clips.

Bluesky Thread - Learning how to do backgrounds because I don't really do backgrounds lmao

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So lately when I do thumbnails for my comics, I play a game called "Where's the Floor". Basically, put a grid down to represent the surface plane.

I picked up this trick from watching animatics from "Rise of The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" from Nickelodeon. This leads me to this helpful trick, it's the grid pattern on the floor to show perspective.

Whether it is the floor or the ceiling, it's an easy way for me to know where the camera is in relation to the surface plane. Therefore, giving me an idea of how to draw the characters in that perspective. Also leads to dynamic shots and amazing high action scenes.

There was one other set of videos on youtube that uses their cameras pretty affectively, and that's a dance troupe from Russia.

You put a grid on the most important surface in that shot and it's basically the same principles!

Even their bird's eye camera, zoom ins made me think of shots taken in dancing scenes from Disney.

If you break down a shot from your favorite animated series, you can guess where the grid is, how it's tilted, and how the character should be in perspective to that.

Having this concept simplified really has helped with layout, perspective, and taking steps into more dynamic action scenes for me.

While S02E06 remains my favorite HotD episode, there's much to be said for S02E07. For example, the episode has several unforgettable shots.

Because I avoid spoilers for 48 hours after the end of an episode, I'm posting only that extreme wide shot from the first couple of minutes of S02E07. Anybody who saw the ending of the previous episode knew that this meeting was inevitable.

But that shot is marvelously framed and symmetrical. It's on a spit of land with waves gently lapping at it. The isolated location is likely a comment on the two characters.

📖TIPS: Framing Camera Shots - Overview

When it comes to photography, there are a variety of shots a photographer can take that help you tell a story for your viewer. Many of the terms I’ll be using this month originate in film-making, which I learned in various courses in art school like storyboarding and film history, and are equally relevant to toy photography.

A CAMERA SHOT size refers to what elements are included in your photo within the outside edge (called the FRAME) of your photo. It can also refer to the purpose of the photo. 

Some of the most common framing camera shots are:

Extreme Wide Shot

Wide Shot

Full Shot

Medium Wide Shot

Medium Shot

Medium Close Up

Close Up

Extreme Close Up

Some camera shots that refer to the purpose used:

Establishing Shot

Detail Shot

Reaction shot

POV Shot

…And many more!

The use of multiple of these different shots for your photography will create variety and interest between photos. It's also great for maximizing the photography you can create with one set/build. Personally, I find that by shooting both wider and up close, I save time by setting up a scene once and getting multiple shots out of it.

This month’s tips will touch on subjects from previous Tips. In 2020, foolishbricks (IG) did a brief overview of some of the different camera shots in his 📖TIPS: Anatomy of an Image, and nocturnelle9 (IG) had tips on camera lenses and focal lengths in her 📖TIPS: Wide angle vs Telephoto. In 2022 @minifiglifescenes wrote a series on camera angles in 📖TIPS: Using Camera Angles.

I’ll return next week to go over Wide Shots. Thanks for reading!

~@glowingbrickette, Moderator

Wide shot

Medium shot

Close up shot

Camera zoom shot

Dolly in shot

Tracking shot

A monorail around Shinya’s drumset

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Kyo’s mic

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Kaoru’s distortion pedal

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