Camera Movement Link

This is just a neat walk through that NoFilmSchool posted a little bit ago on camera movement, since we recently just covered this topic it is cool to see a floor plan and camera in action.

Learn How Camera Movement Affects a Scene in 'The Career of Paul Thomas Anderson in Five Shots'

http://nofilmschool.com/2013/03/career-paul-thomas-anderson-five-shots-steadicam/

Inspiring Lighting Styles

 

The contrast between the warm colors that are amplified by the color of the leaves and the clear cool blue of the sky really makes this photo stand out to me.

I like the way the shadows are cast off the waves and rocks from the early morning sunrise.

Underwater photography is a difficult task and this perfect moment was captured using only the natural sunlight as a back light and a flash which really makes all of the surrounding fish stand out with the light reflecting off of their scales.

The wide range of colors and the crisp blacks make for a really beautiful picture.

This still is from "Life of Pi" my new favorite film. This shot and others from this scene really make the viewer feel the beauties of the ocean and a moment of peace in a situation that is mostly tragic.

The use of natural and practical light is all that is needed to make an amazing picture it really shows.

What is really breathtaking to me isn't so much the sunrise but the way the light comes through the water. The various shades of warm colors mixed in with the blues of the sky and blacks of the ocean. Water always reflects unique colors and images.

I am a huge fan of black and white photography because being able to capture so much emotion with only brightness and contrast takes a true expert. The way this is perfectly exposed on her face even to where we can see her eye and her shadow fills the dead space in the background is astounding and it looks as if it is just from one source of light.

I like the ratio between the size of the subject matter and the light. Considering the main light source is also the subject, I still think it doesn't overpower the secondary light source from the city. A very well exposed picture where you can even see some of the blue in of the sky helping to seperate the horizon line.

The colors in this picture are absolutely beautiful. Once again the mixture of the warm and cool colors make this a very peaceful still. I also love how it captures the light from the lighthouse.

I like the feelings that this picture invokes. It is like living in a world of darkness where the natural light just comes bursting through the windows overpowering the dark cool colors of the room.

A simple photo as far as subject matter but yet it is the way that it captures the light and then the added vignette helps to draw your focus to the center where the focal point and the light is focused.

This is one of those moments where a picture is focused more on the shadows and darkness rather than the light. The silhouette of the building with the glow of the sun behind it makes this picture already have a lot going on but what really makes this picture is the protruding light that stretches across the ground.

"Run"

Portrait of a Person

https://vimeo.com/60139313

Shot By Shot Analysis of Saving Private Ryan Scene

Effective Camera Movements

So this is one of my favorite commercials ever by Old Spice and the camera movement is a vital part of selling the effect. The camera has to be continuously moving while not showing transitions between scenes.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uLTIowBF0kE

I was trying to find a better clip of this sort of effect but you see it all the time where the camera movement anticipates the action that is about to happen. In this case it is a dolly in on Bond right before a train comes darting at him. This shot is at :40 sec. in.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BR_zQjxbvpY

So one of my favorite CMF films is "Violet" that won Best Drama last year in Hollywood and there is one particular shot that's really cool that is used as a transition shot. A lot of times there is just a jib shot in the mix of an action sequence but I like the way this shot was chosen to transition to another scene. The shot begins at 2:57.
http://www.campusmoviefest.com/movies/15372-violet

Top 10 Favorite Pictures

So my favorite color is blue, my favorite place to be is at the ocean and I love boats...put all of that together and this is what you get.

I have always had this image in my mind after seeing one of these online just like this and so I had to take one myself. Other than the bridge in the background it is a simple and relaxing picture and I love the way the light hits the chairs and casts the shadows.

Airplanes have always been a fascination of mine, especially with my uncle having built this jet from scratch and it is the only one of its kind in the world that is still flying today.

Abandoned buildings and structures are one of the most interesting sites. Seeing how no maintenance or upkeep has affected a place allowing only weather to change the appearance makes every place unique. This I believe was an old water mill on the Black Warrior River in Northport, AL.

Taken off the coast of Miami, Fl. This is one of my favorites, the water could not have been anymore beautiful.

Over the summer I had the opportunity to go to Cannes, France and right near the main convention center is this huge marina and with my obsession with boats I had to take this. The calmness of the water and the reflections from the sky make this picture.

One of the greatest moments of my best friend's life I helped capture, when he just proposed on the most beautiful evening.

Another abandoned building (Old Bryce Mental Hospital), which many people find this place creepy but it has so many unique rooms that each have their own unique look.

New York City is an amazing place full of cool things to see but this was one of my favorites. This picture is more of the meaning of the subject matter than the aesthetics themselves. I cannot even begin to describe the numerous meanings this picture has of where the twin towers used to stand. 

This is one photo and photos like it of space are just mind blowing to me. The many colors that the universe displays are breathtaking. The complexity of this picture cannot even be comprehended for within it are billions of other galaxies. This picture really puts it into perspective of how small we really are as a planet and as individuals.

5 Favorite Film Scenes

My favorite scene in Inception is the final dream sequence where Leonardo DiCaprio is falling through the dreams. The graphics in this scene especially are just astonishing. Being able to take something that would actually be thought of as a dream and actually be able to put that onto a screen is mind blowing. What really makes this scene for me is the soundtrack. Every time I hear it, I get chills.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OqSg7WO4tT4
War movies are some of my favorite because for the most part they are capturing real life events and reacting exactly how it would have been at that time. One of the first scenes of Saving Private Ryan where the soldiers arrive on Omaha beach is the most powerful and saddening to me. Watching the struggle of the men fighting to get to the top of the beach while dodging thousands of bullets really puts you on the edge of your seat.

I love horror movies as well as comedy and this was one of the first well done zombie comedy movies that I saw. My favorite part of the movie wasn't really part of the movie in a way but it was the opening scene with all the zombies and how they were basically 3D. But I like the part where they accidentally kill Bill Murray thinking that he was a zombie.

This is my all time favorite animation movie. Toy Story 1. This movie in its entirety is sound but the scene that just keeps me laughing is the scene where Sid's sister takes Buzz and dresses him up for a tea party and he just mentally loses it and Woody has to snap him out of it. I cannot believe how amazing this film looks for it being the first fully computer generated film.

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OGmxoKJ-ee0

This has got to be by far my favorite James Bond movie. I am a big James Bond fan even though there were some of the bond films weren't quite that good but this one...WOW. The best part of the movie to me is by far the opening credits with the Skyfall theme song by Adele. The graphics in it are crazy good and so smooth and the way that every image you see relates to a scene in the movie really makes the film come full circle.