cinematography Give me references to copy
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Since you don't have access to expensive toys you should use what you have and attempt to recreate shots on a low/micro budget. Your biggest problem is that you will not be able to recreate locations.
In my previous life as a musician I could easily play something by buying the sheet music. The next step was recreating sounds and building arrangements, something a lot easier to do when everything is "virtual"; you'll have to do the best you can in the real world. I would suggest (from my micro-miniscule knowledge of visuals) starting with still photographs.
In my previous life as a musician I could easily play something by buying the sheet music. The next step was recreating sounds and building arrangements, something a lot easier to do when everything is "virtual"; you'll have to do the best you can in the real world. I would suggest (from my micro-miniscule knowledge of visuals) starting with still photographs.
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I'd say look at this year's cinematography winner, Inception, and see what corners you can cut to get the same sort of results as Pfister. Then work your way back through the years seeing how you can achieve the effects of Slumdog Millionaire, There Will Be Blood, The Hurt Locker...etc in order to get the same cinematic stylings but without the equipment.
I think trying to replicate people is a great way to learn and through doing it you're bound to develop your own style, whether it's simply through seeing what works and what doesn't.
I'd say look at this year's cinematography winner, Inception, and see what corners you can cut to get the same sort of results as Pfister. Then work your way back through the years seeing how you can achieve the effects of Slumdog Millionaire, There Will Be Blood, The Hurt Locker...etc in order to get the same cinematic stylings but without the equipment.
I think trying to replicate people is a great way to learn and through doing it you're bound to develop your own style, whether it's simply through seeing what works and what doesn't.
I love the cinematography in The Long Goodbye. Every shot in the whole movie includes some sort of movement.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zqauSjlpoiE at 1:00
Hey, a scene with a private eye and a man who may have murdered his wife. Simple set, just two actors. This is the one I'd do!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zqauSjlpoiE at 1:00
Hey, a scene with a private eye and a man who may have murdered his wife. Simple set, just two actors. This is the one I'd do!