Lecture 4 | Camera Placement

For your upcoming class, you have to write Homework #2, which requires you to analyze a film scene shot by shot. You can choose any genre of film and must describe how each shot connects to the next one. Pay attention to details such as jump cuts and eyeline matches. Please include the video link in your writing piece.

Post your assignment links HERE.

Slides from your class you can find HERE:














Please take a look at the additional materials I am providing:

The Story Behind The Shot: Exploring the movie framing of a 'Hero'

The History of Cutting - The Birth of Cinema and Continuity Editing

Lecture 3 | Lenses







Please watch Vertigo (1958) by Alfred Hitchcock for the next class - https://archive.org/details/vertigo-1958


If you have not yet submitted your homework, please try to turn it in by Friday of this week. If you need any assistance, please contact me at mariam.bolkvadze@wagner.com.


You can find the required reading - Cinematography for Directors, by Jacqueline B. Frost. pp45-pp58- here


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Extra materials, not required:


Class 2 | Camera basics | Sony XDCam X70 | Sony Alpha a7S II

Hi everyone, welcome to our second class. I hope you enjoyed your writing assignment.  
Today, we will cover two cameras: the Sony A 7SII and the Sony XDCam X70.

Manuals: