Intro to Stills Camera

In this lesson we were introduced to a still camera. Our task was to venture round school and take photos of things which interested us, and to use for our thriller poster. The camera was quite straight forward to use, point and click, however we were reminded to click save after taking a photo, otherwise it would be lost. Before just randomly taking photos, we were told different ways of taking photos to represent different things. Firstly we learnt about the rule of thirds, this is when the frame is divided with intersecting lines, to create the four hot spots. These hot spots are where the eye is normally drawn to. Therefore it is a good idea to put the main objects of the poster or picture into these hot spots to make them the dominant element on the page, and refrain from putting them in the centre where amateurs think the eye is drawn to. By putting the object, usually a person, into one of the hot spots, it creates a head space, this is when there is enough space around the persons head and there should be some looking space, of which the person will be looking onto. Another thing to consider is in which direction the objects should be facing, sometimes if the evil character is facing in one direction, they could actually look much more evil in the other direction, and this is the same with the good character. Also if you want to create a hierachy, putting a character higher up in the frame, it will immediately make them look more powerful, thus creating a hero, for example in the Gladiator when Maximus is bigger than the roman colliseum. This is the same with creating a weak character, making them lower in the frame.