Lens grammar follows film to learn photography

I like photography for a long time, but I haven't read any books on photography. I just saw a lot of skills on how to shoot online. Although the effect is good, there is no system without photography books.

During this period, I carefully read The Grammar of the Lens, which was co-authored by Roy Thompson and Christopher J Bowen. Although it teaches shooting skills, its understanding of photography is also of great guiding significance to our readers.

You know, a screenshot of an excellent movie can be said to be an excellent photographic work.

0 1 framework

Before preparing to take pictures, you must know what you want to take and what you want to show the audience.

Whether it is a simple landscape figure or the meaning behind these pictures, different framing will also produce different works.

Maybe you are familiar with the terms close shot, middle shot and long shot, but I still want to emphasize the results of different framing methods.

The middle shot is almost the closest way for human beings to observe the surrounding environment, and the audience will be particularly comfortable when watching the middle shot, because it is no different from the daily viewing method.

Close-ups are intimate shots, which show enlarged images of some people, events or actions and can provide specific details for the audience. For example, in this scene of "The Legend of 1900", actors are all over the picture, and we can clearly feel the mood of the protagonist.

The perspective lens is more inclusive, and the framing contains information about many people, events and environments around the performance, which can better show their relationship in the physical space.

In addition to the three basic landscapes, there are nine extended landscape families, namely, large view, full view, view, middle view, close-up, close-up, large-scale close-up and extreme close-up. Their lens range extends from very close lens to very far lens.

We can choose different lenses according to the specific situation when shooting.

02 composition

Needless to say, the importance of composition to photography is obvious to all.

The grammar of lens is mainly divided into two categories from composition, single lens and double lens.

The simple rules of single shot mainly include the blank space on the top of the head, the blank space on the line of sight and the nine-square rule.

Follow the nine-grid rule and put the important subjects at the intersection of the horizontal and vertical directions of the picture.

Double lens as long as there are side double lens, front double lens and over-the-shoulder double lens.

This kind of lens is quite common and is often used to construct a scene where two people are talking.

Two people facing the camera side by side will take a more subjective shot.

Over-the-shoulder double lens likes to shoot another character's face from behind, with one side of the head slightly. This kind of lens is very common.

Of course, we don't just take personal shots when shooting. Double, single and even multiple people will appear. Different composition rules will produce different effects. For a photographer, it is most important to highlight the subject according to the specific situation.

03 light

In the later retouching, we will choose different filters to create different feelings.

Similarly, different light and different intensity of light also have great influence on the final effect of shooting. When shooting, we will use natural light or make artificial light to achieve the desired effect.

Although these defects can be made up in the later stage, better results will be achieved if the relationship between the subject and the surrounding environment is directly grasped.

This is a scene in The Bucket List, which uses natural light to separate the original bad story background, making people feel full of hope.

There is also a very popular reality show "Flowers and Teenagers 3" recently, which uses very warm filters and mild light and looks relaxed.

The role of light is immeasurable, and the interaction between natural light and artificial light has created remarkable effects. Make good use of these advantages or turn disadvantages into advantages when shooting.

Lens is the basic unit of film, and lens is not the necessary basis for learning lens. The book Grammar of Lens can be said to be an introductory book for us non-professionals. It looks easy to understand and comprehensive, and it is a very good book for us to learn photography and movies.

If you understand the rules, you must learn to break them. There is no fixed standard for photography. Photography is for recording, for temperature, for truth.

Maybe we don't need special skills, but we feel it with our heart and shoot it with our heart.

Only because of love will it be beyond redemption.

I hope you like it.