Style and the Camera (Discussion)
From Screenpedia
Group 1
- Focal length
- Depth of field
- Shallow/deep focus
Group 2
- Definition or resolution
- Scan lines
- High definition versus standard definition
- Analog versus digital
Group 3
- Framing conventions (XLS to XCU), using a human as an example
- High and low angle
- Different camera movements
- Panning/Tilting
- Dollying/tracking
- Craning
- Hand-held and Steadicam
Group 4
- Aspect ratio
- Widescreen
- Anamorphic
- Masked
- Converting widescreen to standard TV
- Letterbox
- Pan and Scan
Bibliography
- Butler, Jeremy G. Television: Critical Methods and Applications. Mahweh, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 2007.