Journal+4-Cinematography

From the Cinematography book I learned about the use of lenses and for filming. For filming I used a 50mm f/1.4 for most of it. In the scene of the therapist I used it with its short depth of field to make the character feel more trapped and focused more on his eye so you see the way he reacts to Lauren(53). The focal length of 50mm is because it is the neutral view of the eye on full frame(47). This gives it a more raw and natural look making it feel more like you are the one watching and to reduce different lens effects. From outside of the book what i learned is the use of bokeh and i try to frame things with light bulbs behind the subject to give the out of focus areas these balls of light like in the second scene and very last scenes of Frank. For color I want to color grade it more towards yellow a warmer tone to make it feel more heart warming and using incandescent lights i have to make it more yellow(131). I do not plan on contrasting it to much with its complementary color because I don’t want the shots to look intense(134). For the last date scene we had also made them where complementary colors to show that they complement each other(126). There will also be increasing amounts of saturation to see the build in the characteristics of their relationship. When lighting I use diffused light so that it is softer and creating less contrast. The reduction of contrast makes it most careless and comedic(134). I also added a bit of rim light during the last date scene to give them a glowing more beautiful look(164).