Camerawork styles
Anyone new to camerawork will face the same learning curve as someone new to driving a car. They will be preoccupied with acquiring the basic skills of being fully conversant with the camera controls, focusing, framing and making certain they produce a technically competent image. Beyond the ‘L plate’ stage comes the recognition that there are many different ways of shooting a story.
Visual conventions
TV and film camerawork technique does not operate in a vacuum – there are past stylistic influences, contemporary variations and innovations caused by new production equipment. Most of these influences affect how productions are made but are rarely analysed by the practitioners. There have been changes in technique styles over ...
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