How to shoot drama photography

Opera, an ancient art, is singing and dancing, extensive and profound, and often makes people crazy. As a lover of traditional Chinese opera photography, having basic knowledge of traditional Chinese opera, solid basic photography skills and perseverance are the basis for taking good pictures of traditional Chinese opera. A group of good works also covers the photographer's understanding, expression and sublimation of traditional Chinese opera works. ...

If you want to show motion and make the subject appear blurred to a certain extent, you can slow down the shutter speed appropriately to get a blurred picture effect. This subject ambiguity caused by motion. For example, when shooting a dragon dance, it takes 1/60 seconds to capture a slightly imaginary dragon body, and115 seconds to make the dragon body empty, thus obtaining a dynamic picture effect. When shooting the rotating dance, if you want to show it clearly, the shutter speed should be above 1/250 seconds, and the dance speed is a little slow, or when the body is rotating and the head is not moving, you can use the shutter speed of1125 seconds or 1/60 seconds to make the rotating skirt slightly empty and produce movement. If it is taken away,

Before each shooting, you must first understand the plot and master the plot changes. For the climax of the performance, you need to have a preliminary concept of the characters, scenes, martial arts and dance movements that need to be focused on. For example, the rotation movements of martial arts, Wu Sheng and Wu Dan are extremely wonderful, usually starting at the time of appearance or after a fight, and before the rotation, the actors will have a slight pause to adjust the process, which gives the photographer a good opportunity to prepare the composition. In this way, we can ensure that the wonderful scenes in the performance process are photographed without losing time.

Secondly, we must choose a good shooting point. Generally, it is most ideal to choose a slightly lateral position. The distance from the stage is taken in the fifth row to the sixth row, because this angle of view is just balanced with the stage, and the angle of view of the photos taken will not be too inclined.

In terms of artistic expression, the drama is based on the traditional Peking Opera "Song and Dance", and widely integrates multiple artistic elements such as drama, opera, poetic drama and dance drama. Its elegant dance design and fantastic lighting application are the two highlights of the play. The successful use of symphonic words familiar to a large number of audiences, the stage art combining realism with freehand brushwork, the perfect integration of Beijing opera music and symphonic music, the lighting design combining reality with reality, the transformation of time and space, and colorful dance performances are all innovations in traditional Beijing opera, with strong humanistic feelings, showing the unique customs of Jinan and bringing strong audio-visual impact to the audience.