What are the camera shooting methods?

What are the shooting techniques?

The shooting techniques are:

1. Following the camera

Following the camera is also called following shooting. Find points of interest during the shooting process and then follow the target to shoot. For example, in a hotel, the first thing you shoot is just the big scene in the entire hotel, and then you follow a waiter from one position to the other, walking around between rooms.

The position of the object generally represented by the lens remains unchanged in the picture, but changes as it moves through the picture, just like a person following another person through the streets. , the surrounding things are changing, but the way you follow them remains unchanged.

2. Rotating lens

A rotating lens refers to a picture in which the subject is rotated. The lens rotates along the optical axis of the lens or at an angle close to the optical axis of the lens. The camera quickly moves over 360 degree rotating shot.

This shooting technique mostly expresses the dizzy feeling of characters. It is a commonly used shooting technique in film and television shooting, such as the dancing scene in "Titanic".

3. Camera shake

Camera shake is to quickly shake the camera and transfer it to another scene very quickly, thereby switching the picture to another content, and the middle process is Producing a blurry effect, this kind of shooting can express a sudden transition of content.

4. Shaking camera

The application of shaking camera is less than the previous methods. It is mainly used in specific environments to make the picture appear up and down, left and right, or Swinging effect like back and forth.

It is mainly used to express trance, dizziness, shaking effects such as riding on a car or boat, such as earthquake scenes, explosion scenes, etc.

5. Pull the lens

Pull the lens is exactly the opposite of the push lens. It is mainly accomplished by moving the camera back or zooming, gradually moving away from the main object to be expressed, making people feel that it is right. Step away from the thing to be observed and watch the overall effect of something from a distance. It can show the change of the same object from near to far.

It can also show the change from one object to another. The application of this kind of lens mainly highlights the subject and the overall effect, and grasps the overall situation, such as the interior shooting of the canyon to the entire exterior shooting in common movies and TV shows. , what is used is to pull the lens; there are also some special effects scenes that use this kind of lens.

What are the shooting methods?

The shooting methods include: horizontal shooting, upward shooting, overhead shooting, top shooting, inverted shooting, side-reflection shooting, etc.

1. Flat shot

Flat shot is a shooting angle in which the camera and the subject are on the same horizontal line. Flat photography can generally be divided into three types: front, side and oblique.

2. Upward shot

The camera shoots upward from a low position. Upward photography is suitable for shooting high-altitude scenery, which can make the scenery appear taller and more majestic. It is used to represent the line of sight of film and television characters, and sometimes it can represent the high and low positions between objects. Due to the perspective relationship, upward photography lowers the horizontal line in the picture, and the contrast in height of the objects in the foreground and background changes, making the objects in the foreground highlighted and exaggerated, thereby obtaining special artistic effects. Upward shots are often used in film and television teaching materials to express people's praise of heroes or their awe for a certain object.

3. Overhead shot

Overhead shot is the opposite of overhead shot. The camera shoots from a high place, giving people the feeling of looking down. The overhead lens has a wide field of view and is unique in being used to express vast scenes.

4. Top shot

The shooting direction of the photography (image) camera is perpendicular to the ground. There is something unique about using the top angle to shoot certain acrobatic shows or song and dance performances. It can take some expressive shapes into exquisitely composed pictures from angles that are usually impossible for people to achieve. The function of overhead photography is that it changes the normal state of the subject, turning the spatial position of people and the environment into a flat pattern with clear lines, thus giving the picture a certain interest and beauty.

5. Reverse shooting

When the film in the movie camera passes through the film gate, it is shot in the opposite direction.

The motion process of an object captured in this way can be projected in the forward direction to obtain an effect opposite to the actual direction of motion. Reverse photography is often used to shoot thrilling scenes. In television photography, the reverse photography method is also commonly used.

6. Side-reflection shooting

Shooting from the side and rear of the subject is called side-reflection shooting. With this photography method, the characters almost become back figures, with less faces showing, which can create a wonderful feeling.

What are the general shooting techniques?

The shooting techniques are as follows:

1. Push shot refers to the camera pushing closer to the subject or using a zoom lens Gradually lengthen the focal length to give the viewer the impression of moving closer to the subject.

2. Pulling the camera lens is the opposite of pushing the camera lens, causing the subject on the screen to gradually move away from the audience's point of view. And gradually expand the scope of vision.

3. Panning means that the camera remains in the original position and uses the up, down, left, right, rotation and other movements of the body to make the picture present a dynamic composition, produce inspections, look around the surrounding environment, and reveal things. The dynamic inner world of characters and the artistic effect of highlighting emotions.

4. Moving lens, also known as "mobile photography", places the camera on a movable vehicle or lift and moves the subject in all directions to capture the picture.

Introduction to photography

The word photography is derived from the Greek φ__English: phos (light) and γραφιEnglish: graphis (painting, drawing) or γραφ_graphê, the two words together mean It is "drawing with light". Photography refers to the process of recording images using certain specialized equipment. Generally, we use mechanical cameras or digital cameras for photography. Sometimes photography is also called photography, which is the process of exposing a photosensitive medium to light emitted or reflected by an object. Someone once said a pithy saying: The photographer's ability is to transform the fleeting and ordinary things in daily life into immortal visual images.

Camera is to use a camera (video shooting equipment) to convert optical image signals into electrical signals for storage or transmission. A simple explanation is that photography is a static image recording process, while photography is a continuous and dynamic image recording process. So what are the shooting methods of photography? Let’s take a look with me!

Several common shooting methods in photography

Push: that is, push the shot, push the lens, It means that the subject does not move, and the shooting machine moves forward to shoot. The viewing range changes from large to small, and is divided into fast push, slow push, and fierce push. It is essentially different from zoom-length push shooting.

Pull: The subject does not move, and the shooting machine makes a backward pulling movement. The viewing range changes from small to large. It can also be divided into slow pulling, fast pulling, and jerking.

Shaking: Refers to photography, where the camera remains stationary and the camera body relies on the chassis on the tripod to move up and down, left and right, rotate, etc., making the audience look around and look at the people or things around them as if they were standing on the same spot.

Shift: also known as mobile shooting. Broadly speaking, all forms of sports photography are mobile photography. But in the usual sense, mobile photography refers specifically to placing photography and cameras on vehicles and shooting objects while moving along the horizontal plane. The combination of moving and panning can form a panning shooting method.

Follow: Refers to tracking shooting. Follow-up is one type, and there are also follow-up, follow-up, follow-up, follow-up, follow-down, etc. It combines follow-up shooting with more than 20 shooting methods such as pull, pan, shift, up, and down, etc., and perform them simultaneously. In short, the technique of following the shooting is flexible and diverse, which keeps the audience's eyes firmly on the human body and objects being followed.

Sheng: rising photography, videography.

Descent: descend for photography and videography.

Overhead: An overhead shot is often used to show the overall appearance of an environment or occasion at a macro level.

Looking up: Shooting from above, often with a tall and solemn meaning.

Swing: A swing shot, also known as a panning shot, refers to swinging from one subject to another, showing a sharp change. When used as a means of scene change, no trace of editing is revealed.

Hanging: Suspended shooting, sometimes including aerial shooting. It has broad expressive power.

Empty: Also known as empty shot and scene shot, it refers to a pure scene shot without characters in the play (whether human or related animals).

Tang: The collective name for conversion lenses. The editing of any shot is a "cut".

Comprehensive: refers to comprehensive shooting, also known as comprehensive shots. It combines several shooting methods such as push, pull, shake, move, follow, rise, fall, pitch, tilt, spin, throw, hang, and air into one lens for shooting.

Short: refers to a short shot. Movies generally refer to shots of 30 seconds (24 frames per second), which is about 15 meters or less of film; television is 30 seconds (25 frames per second), which is about 750 frames or less of continuous footage.

Long: refers to a long lens. Film and television can be defined as continuous pictures of more than 30 seconds.

Reverse shooting: refers to the camera shooting in different directions when shooting a scene between two people. For example, when shooting a man and a woman sitting and talking to each other, first shoot the man from one side, then the woman from the other side (close-up, close-up, or half-length can be used), and finally cross-edit to form a complete clip.

Zoom shooting: photography, the camera does not move, and through the change of the focal length of the lens, people or objects in the distance are clearly visible, or the close-up scene changes from clear to blurred.

Subjective shooting: also known as subjective shooting, that is, the lens that expresses the subjective sight and vision of the people in the play, and often has the function of visual psychological description.

Lighting skills in photography

The shadows produced by hard light are dark in color, have clear edges, and have more reflections in the light-receiving part. Hard light can make the contrast between light and dark in the picture strong and large. Photographers can use hard light and lighting angles that easily produce shadows (such as side light and side backlight) to create a strong contrast between light and dark in the picture. This method is suitable for expressing majestic mountains and rivers. When using this method to express characters, you should avoid shadows blocking the main parts of the characters.

Under side backlighting, there are many shadows in the picture. The tone contains rich changes from white to black. The picture has a strong sense of space and the texture of the subject is outstanding. Photographers can use side backlighting to express sparkling lakes and rugged fields. They can also use side backlighting to highlight the texture of flowers and still lifes, making the picture rich and delicate. When shooting flowers, still life and other objects, the photographer can fill in the front light to enhance the details of the picture.

The delicate tones have large changes in light and shade, and the levels of black, white, and gray in the picture are very rich, and the tonal changes are as shown in the picture above left. The delicate tones give people a soft, comfortable and tranquil feeling, and are suitable for expressing portraits, lakes and other subjects. When shooting pictures with delicate tones, you should use soft light, so that the gray levels in the picture will be very rich.

Shooted on a cloudy day, the side light makes the contours of the character's body more prominent. The picture has rich levels of light and dark and delicate tones, showing the tranquility of the character.