Knack Digital Moviemaking by Tyler Cullen

Author:Tyler Cullen
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9780762766888
Publisher: Globe Pequot Press

Tips for Close-ups

• Because of the amount of detail revealed in a close-up, you must pay extra attention to the lighting.

• In one sense, a close-up shot is the easiest to light because there typically is no background to worry about.

• An actor will be concerned with how he looks in his close-up, so make him look good.

LINES

Your eyes follow certain lines that exist within an image

The boundaries of objects in a shot normally consist of lines: straight, curved, vertical, horizontal, and diagonal. A leading line can be almost anything: a road, path, sidewalk, fence, river, hedge, tree line, or shadow. You will not find a strong leading line around every subject, but you should look for them if they are there and take advantage of them.

Our eyes tend to travel along these lines as they move from one part of the frame to another. It becomes the job of the filmmaker to use these lines to lead the attention of the audience to the parts of the frame he wishes to emphasize. When used in this way, lines are referred to as leading lines, because they are used to lead the viewer’s eyes into the frame, and generally to the scene’s center of interest. Once you understand how to use leading lines, you will begin to see them everywhere. Leading lines don’t have to be straight lines. Lines that spiral or curve can add interest and draw the view into the center of the picture. Looking down a spiral staircase or into the center of a rose are both examples of leading lines that are not straight but draw the viewer in nonetheless.

Leading Lines

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