emphasize something that’s important within the scene by placing them close to the camera and what is less important by placing them far away from the camera
having to many close ups in a scene can be exhausting for the actors
The audience will pay more attention to the person speaking, the person who is being spoken to, or the person who is the closest to a light source.
How is the character’s face shown in relation to the lens? It can be either their whole face, 3/4, or a side profile.
Subtly moving the camera to isolate certain characters in one technique used to focus the audience’s attention.
An ensemble can tell more than one story in a scene. The stories most connect to drive a certain moral.
It’s easier to do ensembles than cutting away from an actor’s face to another actor’s face.
direction of the characters can tell a lot about their relationship
if characters are facing each other even in a phone call it implies that they have a good relation ship
Close-ups mean that the thing or person that’s being shown is important, and is there for a reason.
when moving from shot to shot have the viewers focus on one point
you need to make the audience understand why the character is sad
environment can reveal how a character feels
the key to emotion lies in those affected by it
cooler colors especially blues can help to add the sad and gloomy nature of a scene (this also applies to you characters cloths try and match the dark cloths to a dark scene)
