AICE Media Studies AS Level

      Hi there! This set of elements that photographers use to create a photo was a little tricky. I keep forgetting that all of these elements can be combined into one frame. So when I was taking the pictures, I kept thinking that I was doing it wrong. However, the pictures I’m about to show, I still want to redo them with a live subject so I can understand better.       I took these photos at my school in a unused classroom. I used one of my stuffed toys for this instead of a live subject so it would be much easier to do since I can place it however I want. With a live subject, there could be a communication barrier where one of us doesn’t comprehend what the other is saying.       Now I can show you the photos that were taken :). Framing      I placed Pikachu in between a stool to create a frame in the frame I’m taking my photo. It shows him boxed in, leaning back.  Rule of thirds      I applied...

     Hello you guys! Long time, no see. So yes, I’ve been busy learning the new techniques that photographers use to take photos. I even learned Mise-en-scene (however I’ll explain that later). Yesterday, in class, I ended up doing a practice assignment identifying certain elements such as camera shots, angles, composition, and mise-en-scene that were in a video that was shown. It was a mistreating assignment. Although I didn’t not know what kind of answer my teacher was looking for, I explained how each kind of element was used to convey meaning in the scene. Hopefully I did well. Now onto the good stuff, some kinds of photo compositions would be framing, rule of thirds, depth of field, deep focus, shallow focus, and focus pull.  Framing      This is using elements in your screen to create a gram around what you’re trying to take a picture of on your device. So essentially, there’s two frames. Rule of Thirds       This is what photograp...

     Okay so I was more excited for these shots than the angles. Mainly because there were more types to do. This was more interactive because I got my muse to do poses to make sense of the type of shot. He did end up taking his outfit off after, by my mistake, telling him I was done. But I forgot that I needed more types so he has on a undershirt in two of the photos and the other picture is of me because I didn't want to go high on the ladder so he captured the photo for me. I used my personal phone to take this picture. I have an IPhone XR and the camera is pretty decent, however, it could be better. Hopefully I get a new phone so I'm able to take better quality photos.       Long shot:       I took this photo with the tree sort of blocking the view to show that I'm capturing him being sneaky in the environment he's in. I'm far away because that's what a long shot is. Taking the photo from this distance shows how h...

     Hi! That is honestly all I have to say. I'm really trying to finish this today *laughing emoji*.      Side note if you noticed that I posted four posts in a day... please ignore that. Like I said before, I had an extremely busy weekend.       Nonetheless, there are many different kinds of camera shots that could be used to take a photo. The ones that I'm being tested on are establishing shot, master shot, close-up, mid-shot, long shot, wide shot, two-shot, aerial shot, point-of-view shot, and variations of those. Establishing shot     This is normally a wide shot , extremely long shot, or aerial shot that shows the setting of the scene. Aerial shot       This shot is shown from birds eye view. This gives the viewer a deeper understanding of what's happening on the ground.  Master shot:     Most important shot of any given scene. This shot keeps all the characters in the frame. I...

    Glad to see you here! As said in the previous post, I applied my knowledge about the camera angles and took test photos.       I used my brother is my muse and told him to put on an outfit that he likes so he would look presentable to you guys . He also didn’t want me to show his face so I blocked it out in case you were wondering why. So we went to my backyard since its a pretty nice scenery and took the photos there. Taking these angles weren't as difficult as I thought it would be but the high angle was the most difficult angle to take.       My brother is almost a foot taller than me so I had to get on a ladder. I was going to get on top of the house but I honestly was too scared to and the ladder felt wobbly. But in this angle, he looks small. making him look vulnerable. If I were to go even higher such as on the house, Compared to the things around him he  would’ve looked very insignificant.      In this ang...

     I’m just going to jump straight into this. Hi, hello, I’m Leandra and this is my blog that shows my journey of my AICE Media Studies Project. I figured that i should’ve started earlier on this since I had a four day weekend, however, it was also a very busy weekend. I only like those when I don’t have homework and I was only able to most of my homework last minute. I also don’t like that. Maybe I need to learn time management? Nope. I got it ALL handled *big smile emoji*      Now that we got that out the way, today’s topic is camera angles. Camera angles have a huge affect on what the viewer thinks and feels about the shot. Subconsciously, you know what they’re doing but unless you know exactly why they do it, you won’t necessarily notice it and point it out.       Below are some camera angles that I’m going to be talking about    High angle: This creates a sense of inferiority. It makes the subject look vulnerable or insi...