Monday, January 31, 2011
Lehigh Greek Crisis
Today in J198 Allie and I walked around campus and interviewed students and faculty about the greek life crisis currently happening on campus. We asked for their opinions about what is going on with the sororities, and we asked how they feel about the way Lehigh has been handling the situation.
The quality of shots differed a lot depending on how far I was from the person, the environment around us (indoor vs. outdoor) and the lighting. Long shots made it very hard to hear the interviewee, and therefore those shots did not work out well. Medium shots worked out well because I could get some of the background into the shot, and use the rule of thirds to interview the person. This made for a more interesting shot because it was not just a person's face on the screen. The short shots worked well sound-wise, but they can get boring to watch if they are on the screen for too long.
I noticed that when it came to lighting, when the person was looking into the sun the shot came out nicely, although their eyes were a little squinted. When I was looking into the sun and the interviewee was not, the shot came out with a bright streak near the person's face, and that did not look nice and proved very distracting. When there was sunlight off to one interviewee's side, the shadow across the person's face was a little distracting, but not terrible. The shot was not as clear as one where an interviewee was looking into the sunlight. The shots in the shade worked out very well, and I could see the interviewee clearly without them squinting. The snow was a little bright in spots, but it didn't have a horrible effect on most of the shots.
Greek Crisis
Today in J198 we learned about the quality of shots, how to use different modes of light and also how to employ different uses of distance. In the video I edited today I used several shots outdoors. In all my shots I usd either a close-up shot of the shoulders and up, a medium shot of the waist and up, and one long shot of full body. As far as lighting goes, for a shot or two I had my subject facing the sun which made them much brighter with no shadows. In some cases, I had the sun off to the side which created awkward shadows on their face and body. I also had my subjects in the shade of buildings which I found to be the best lighting because there were no shadows at all and they weren't uncomfortably forced to stare into the sun. Although I tried to utilize the concept of "the rule of thirds" I found that in certain shots my subjects inched towards the center of the shot, or my angle wasn't always correct. For my indoor shots, the rule of thirds seemed to work the best and my lighting was also better than any outdoor light I may have used.
Friday, January 28, 2011
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