Visual Storytelling

Basic Camera Movement

1. Pan

Move the camera horizontally left or right. Ideally, you should use a tripod for a smooth effect.  To follow a subject or show the distance between two objects.

2. Tilt

Moving the camera up or down without raising its position. Like panning, to follow a subject or to show the top and bottom of a stationary object. With a tilt, you can also show how high something is.

3. Dolly

The camera is set on tracks or wheels and moved towards or back from a subject. A dolly is also a noun, describing a train track contraption used for a dolly (verb) shot or a device attached to a tripod. To follow an object smoothly to get a unique perspective. In some movies directors combine the dolly and a zoom shot for a real sense of doom.

4. Crane

This works and looks similar to a construction crane. It is used for high sweeping shots or to follow the action of your subject. Gives a bird's eye view. It looks as if the camera is swooping down from above. 

5. Handheld

 Hold the camera without tripod, monopod or other device. Professional cameras are large and rest on the user's shoulders. This balances the camera and keeps shaking to a minimum.

6. Zoom

Press a lever or rocker to zoom in or out. This lever controls the lens mechanism inside the camera. To bring objects at a distance closer to the lens, or to show size and perspective.

7. Truck

Trucking is the same as dollying, only you are moving the camera from left to right instead of in and out. Again, it is best to do this using a fluid motion track that will eliminate any jerking or friction.

Assignment 1: Video Shot ( Camera Move)

Individual Work. Video Shot by using camera movement.

Scene 1

Storyline: 

a person is laying on the floor.
Somebody get near to the person and check what is going on.
The person talks and says:
“be careful!”
suddenly a person from the back appears.

Assignment 2: Video shot ( Emotion )

Group work. ( Jeff Tan Yeen Hou, Saw Yi Yong )

Adding emotion and feeling to video shot.

Storyline:

A boy recalls that he and his girlfriend know each other in a library. 

Final Assignment : Short Film

Group work ( Jeff Tan Yeen Hou, Saw Yi Yong, Ho Yen Zhe )

In this final assignment, we need to create our own storyline and using the camera movement and emotion to enhance the expresion. 

Planning :

1. Storyline

2. Scripts

3. Storyboard ( camera movement, dialog, action )

4. Location ( public place? security problem? )

5. Equipment ( Camera, Tripod, Lightning )

7. Ask for help and opinion ( film and tv student , make up )

5. Actors ( face expression, timetable of actor )

7. Materials

8. Timetable arrangement ( time,location,material,actor,action,dialog )

9. Print the timetable and storyline, scripts for those who include in short film 

10. Food of those include in short film.

11. Traffic Arrangements to the location.

Visual Storytelling 2

Assignment 

Free Shot_Documentary

Free Shot_Funny action video

Visual Storytelling 2Final Assignment : 

Berjaya Youth Short Film Competiton