Victoria Recht's Blog

  I choose the prompt "Birds eye view" because as soon as I heard it, I thought of a window in my home that overlooks my backyard. I choose this specific topic because the area where the camera cuts off frequently has birds sitting on its awning. I imagined it would be brighter outside when I took this picture, but it was actually just after a rainstorm, so it wasn't like my design. I imagined I would have more of a view of the sky along with more of a side view that a bird may see, therefore this image isn't exactly what I sketched. To give the impression that a bird was looking from this location, I tried to make this as accurate as I could. It was really dark outside because it had just rained, so I chose to modify this picture to add additional brightness to make it appear less dreary. The top and bottom of this image were also cropped out because I had to capture it at a high angle to make it appear higher in the sky, which made it more realistic for the task.

(Left Image) Over the Shoulder shot: This shot lets the audience see an interaction between characters and be included in the conversation. (Right Image) Point of View Shot: This shot gives the audience a view from the characters perspective and makes it seem as if they are watching from their eyes. (Left Image) Close up Shot: This shot is meant to usually capture emotion and brings the image close up to the screen because it is usually important. (Right Image) Dutch/ Canted Angle: The canted angle is conveyed by angling the camera at a tilt to show uneasiness and disorientation.      (Left Image) Extreme Close up Shot: This shot tightly frames a detail or object to resemble its importance. (Right Image) Low Angle Shot: This shot is taken from a lower angle and shows dominance from the object higher above that usually is the villain to make them look frightening.           (Left Image) High Angle Shot: This shot is taken from a high angle to show vulnerability and makes the subject loo