Contents
Lab 1 – Composition
The Frame
Cropping: how much information is in the frame
- a long shot
- a medium shot
- a close up
- an extreme close up.
Alexander Rodchenko, Portrait of his mother, Olga, , 1926 Alexander Rodchenko, Portrait of his mother, Olga,side view, 1926
Angle of View: describes the camera position in relationship to the subject. The angle of view may be:
- a worm’s-eye view
- a low-angle
- eye-level
- a high-angle
- a bird’s-eye or aerial or overhead view
- oblique angle
Angle of View Examples By Alexander Rodchenko
Fire Escape, from the series Building on Miasnitskaia Street, 1926 Pioneer Girl, 1930 Pioneer, 1930 City Street, Moscow, 1927 Courier Girl, 1928 Steps, 1930 Tram on SukharevskyBoulevard, 1928 Girl with Leica, 1934
I wasn’t in class on 9/14. By now I already submitted my hula hoop album on flickr.
-Avar