I enjoyed this article because I enjoyed the editing and
distortion part of film, more than the actual recording. I am fascinated by the
ability to take a situation, and give it a whole new meaning by standing on one
side of the scene versus the other end. I think to often the average person
forget how important the person behind the screen is to the outcome of an
artwork. Anyone can pose the right way, smile or not, but if the camera zooms
in or zooms out, or is at the wrong angle that great smile won’t be perceived
by the camera. I think is especially cool to play around with because it is
surprising how much size affects how something is perceived. There are details
that are usually just assumed, but when you find it was special effect and that
what you saw is not really what it is, it is mind blowing. In regards to short
focal length lens exaggerations, the passage reads, “this can be deliberate,
but it can also happen automatically” (Aesthetics 168).
By not moving the camera downwards or upwards, or having at eye level
with the figure in the view, or zooming out of the figure and putting it in the
corner- a whole new idea is created. It truly is incredible what the lens and
the eye fail and/or succeed to perceive.
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