Research and Analysis

Short sizes and Camera angles

A medium close up shot shows your face clearly without getting close. This photo is a medium close up shot size of Hope Mikaelson (Klaus's / Hayley Marshall's daughter) which includes the characters shoulders/chest area up to the top of their head.

A extreme close up shot is when it frames a subject or person who is very close. This is a extreme close up shot size of Klaus Mikaelson (Hope's dad) this can include someone's eyes, that can be seen, which reactions or emotion except in very dramatic scenes.

A low angle is when a position is angled low on the vertical axes which is anywhere below the eye line. looking up.This is a low angle of Rebekah Mikaelson ( Klaus's little sister/ Hope's Aunty) this can be used by sharing and giving the audience a sense of the characters perspective and this can especially be when they are looking at something. This can also be to make the actors appear taller.

Birds eye angle photos are angled at 40 degrees rather than it being straight down. This shot refers to looking directly down on a subject or person.This is a birds eye view.

Types of Genres

Image Analysis about George Hurrell

George Hurrell was born on the (1 June 1904) in Cincinnati, Ohio, United States. Hurrell died on the (17 May 1992) in Beverly Grove, Los Angeles, California, United States. He was best known as a photographer he had a early interest in painting and photography and he studied at the Art Institute of Chicago. Hurell used photography for documenting his painting, but he soon began to use it as his preferred medium. In 1930, he was hired as head of the photography department for MGM. He was put in charge of the capturing of the Hollywood stars. He left the film company to open his own studio. Throughout Hurrell's career he photographed numerous of the celebrities for his movie marketing purposes, advertisements and even fashion magazines. His work was exhibited at the Modern Arts Museum, New York, The Victoria, Albert Museum, London the Smithsonian institution, Washington, D.C., and the Getty Museum, Los Angeles. He also made his own books called Hurrell's Hollywood portraits, Hurrell Hollywood, The Book of stars: Photographies, 1928-1990. Low key photography contains dark tones and colours it conveys a atmosphere and the mood. But High key photography images feel airy and light. A low key is dramatic and full of mystery. The subject matter of this is image is women. The lighting of the image is a high contrast. It is clearly lit with no shadows. I think there is 4 lights that have been used and I think they are placed eye level. The camera is positioned at eye level the sitter this affects the meaning of the image by the sitter looking directly into the lens without moving their eyes up and down . I think the image is at focus at 100. The photographer is trying to communicate that the subject looks directly into the lens. The appearance of the image and the techniques they have used add to this by being emotionally neutral and a factual presentation. A low key photography is when their is a shooting of dark coloured background.

Portrait Photography

Types of Typography

Nicholas Jenson worked mainly in venice, Italy and he was inspired by the lettering which was found on ancient roman buildings. His letter forms was based on straight lines and regular curves this made them clear and legible which was compared to the dense darkness of black letters this made his new typeface a instant success and it was spread across Europe, after roman letters was italics, which was slanted and stylized versions of roman type. They were created in the 15th century by Aldus Manutius from Italy, this was a way of fitting more letters on a page and saving money. Aldus Manutius also created modern commas and the semicolon, type development stayed fairly until the 18th century in England when William Caslon created a typeface that set a new standard for legibility it was just what the world was looking for. Caslon's typeface is now referred to as a old style. Later on another Brit John Baskerville who created a new variety of typefaces which was called transitional.

Serif and Sans serif

Serif is a small line or a stroke which is regularly attached to the end of a larger stroke in a letter or symbol which is within a particular font or family of fonts. Whereas Sans serif is gothic or simply a letter form which does not have extending features called serifs at the end of the strokes. San serifs have less lines, width variations than serif fonts.

Types of Photography

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