Extreme Point Of View
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OBJECTIVE:
Students will be required to shoot TWO rolls of film utilizing/illustrating extreme point of view compositions: high, low and ground.
Students will be required to shoot TWO rolls of film utilizing/illustrating extreme point of view compositions: high, low and ground.
- ROLL 1 will be shot "in-class" as we shoot imagery around the high school. This film roll is used as practice to help students learn and get accustomed to the mechanics of their cameras, in addition to learning the steps of rolling and processing black & white film in a traditional darkroom setting.
- ROLL 2 should be shot as homework so that students can have more variety in their imagery/compositions. This roll should be logged and we will be using these images as selections for our darkroom printing needs.
VOCABULARY:
- Viewpoint or Camera Angle – terms used to describe the position of the camera in relation to the subject. Viewpoint or camera angle has a very important effect on picture composition. It can turn otherwise “boring” images into something more interesting to the viewer---it just depends on how you look at things.
- High Angle – a picture taken from above the subject to be photographed, looking down and over it. (EX. Image taken from a stairwell.) Images taken from a high angle separate object on a horizontal plane from foreground to background, and dwarf the subject in height as it raises the horizon line.
- Low Angle – a picture taken from below the subject looking up at it. Images taken from a low angle make objects appear to overlap that would otherwise be separated, and it lowers the horizon line while emphasizing the height of the subject.
- Eye Level – The horizon line is at eye level and the subject appears “normal” in relation to the camera angle.
- Ground Level – Placing the camera on the ground or on a table and shooting the image on a horizontal surface.
Student Examples