Wednesday, February 23, 2011
Tuesday, February 15, 2011
Movie Critique
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This is a scene from one of my favorite movies, Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgandy. The cinematographer for this movie was Thomas E. Ackerman, who has also done Beetlejuice, Girls Just Want to Have Fun, and Jumanji, to name a few. In this scene Ron is telling his news team about his new found love for Veronica Corningstone. This first shot is a XWS which depicts the offices of the newsroom and you can see Ron and his news team conversing in his office. The next scene is a WS of the team and shows the audience they are in Ron's office. In the next shot Ackerman uses virtual lines to show a dialogue between him and Champ Kind. Champ is wearing a large cowboy hat which makes him have a very square shaped head, and Ron's head is more round. This demonstrates an obvious difference between the characters and their viewpoints about the current conversation. During the next scene Champ is the only character not standing up, I think Ackerman did this to show that he doesnt have as much interest in Ron's speal about his love life as the other two characters who are listening intently. Hence why the other characters have similar shaped heads as Ron. This next shot is a CU 2S and Ackerman once again uses virtual lines to illustrate that Brick is intrigued with the story that Brain Fantana is telling about how he was once in love. Also you notice that Brian never looks at Brick and isn't concerned that he is even in the room. The colors used for both Ron and Brain are cooler colors, and the colors for Brick and Champ are warmer colors. I think they did this to depict that Brian and Ron and on the same page about love, but Champ doesn't really care what Ron has to say, and Brick is just off in this own world. In this next scene with Veronica and her camera man, Veronica is wearing warmer neutral colors and her camera man is wearing a cooler blue color. This shows that Veronica is the more important character in this scene, and has authority over her crew members.
This is a scene from one of my favorite movies, Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgandy. The cinematographer for this movie was Thomas E. Ackerman, who has also done Beetlejuice, Girls Just Want to Have Fun, and Jumanji, to name a few. In this scene Ron is telling his news team about his new found love for Veronica Corningstone. This first shot is a XWS which depicts the offices of the newsroom and you can see Ron and his news team conversing in his office. The next scene is a WS of the team and shows the audience they are in Ron's office. In the next shot Ackerman uses virtual lines to show a dialogue between him and Champ Kind. Champ is wearing a large cowboy hat which makes him have a very square shaped head, and Ron's head is more round. This demonstrates an obvious difference between the characters and their viewpoints about the current conversation. During the next scene Champ is the only character not standing up, I think Ackerman did this to show that he doesnt have as much interest in Ron's speal about his love life as the other two characters who are listening intently. Hence why the other characters have similar shaped heads as Ron. This next shot is a CU 2S and Ackerman once again uses virtual lines to illustrate that Brick is intrigued with the story that Brain Fantana is telling about how he was once in love. Also you notice that Brian never looks at Brick and isn't concerned that he is even in the room. The colors used for both Ron and Brain are cooler colors, and the colors for Brick and Champ are warmer colors. I think they did this to depict that Brian and Ron and on the same page about love, but Champ doesn't really care what Ron has to say, and Brick is just off in this own world. In this next scene with Veronica and her camera man, Veronica is wearing warmer neutral colors and her camera man is wearing a cooler blue color. This shows that Veronica is the more important character in this scene, and has authority over her crew members.
Sunday, February 13, 2011
Thursday, February 10, 2011
Visual Framing
I was drawn to the original image because of the way it used line and shape to guide my eyes through the picture. This image is medium shot because Sally Man wanted the audience to view the figure from just above the waist and up. Sally Man also used the rule of thirds to direct my eyes through the image. First if you notice in the upper left corner their our faint lines that direct your eyes right to the hand and then following the rule, they move them right to the hand in the foreground, and because of the way the light is casted on one side the hand and arm my eyes move down the arm and see the shows of the figure in the background.
I chose to re-frame the image and make it a close up shot because looking at it subjectively my personal representation is that the hand is illustrating strength and is the most important element of the entire piece. I also wanted to focus on the visual rhythm that Sally Man used. He created movement through the frame by offsetting the image to the right of the frame and showcasing the affinity of linear lines in the foreground and the contrast of curvilinear and linear lines in the background. I think re-framing it this way showcased how a simple black and white image can have so many contrasting elements to it. Both images depicted use of dark shadows which also added contrast against affinity of the white shadows. I think Sally Man framed this image the way it is because he wanted to use the background space as a way to guide your eyes through the image, just as we read a book, from left to right. When you zoom in on the hand you lose the background and your eye doesn't move through the image as smoothly.
Tuesday, February 1, 2011
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