I was practicing this weekend how I would use my phone camera and the quality it would produce. Yes, I used my parents but they are easy going and allowed me to take some shots. This over-the-shoulder one was when they were engaging in conversation. In our film we are going to be filming dialogue between two characters. We are going to be doing a shot reverse shot when we one character is talking to the another and reverse. So this kind gave me a glimpse of how I would shoot some one the scenes. Also, a over the shoulder shows the perspective of another character and usually has the person making the conversation or looking at the other blurred. This would be fixed in editing software but still we can the other character, my dad. We see that he is in his environment and comfortable compared to my mom whose up and on the go.

This is a high angle shot of my mom and dad, it’s kind of used out of context because a high angle shot is supposed to show superiority over the subjects. Like I said it was just a test, in order to do this shot I needed a stool because I am short. I’m not sure if we would use this shot in our film but it’s an idea to play around with.

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Here I was experimenting with close up, how close I would have to be to the person in order to get that above the head shot. As you can see my parents had very bland expressions and they were focused on theirs phones. However for a close up in our film, I would film the detective in his area to see him up close and his emotions, seriousness, that we will get when we hear him talking to himself in the library. I did not use any filter in these photos, the clarity was phenomenal. With my dads extreme close up, we can see the details of his outlined bread and his wrinkles (showing his age)… sorry Dad, not to mention his bifocals on his glasses. My moms photo, can be a close up because it’s from the shoulder up, here we see that she’s kind of smirking implying she’s looking at something entertaining. We see her physical appearance as well So, these close ups can show the physical characteristics of the characters in the film and show their expressions.

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Here’s a great phot of my dog. I was trying to get a shot of his nose and just his eyes and ears. I had to hold a treat in order for him to stay in one spot and I managed to get this… he heard another wrapper because he is an actual foodie. So close up not only can work on humans but the four-legged as well.