There's more to lens choice than you may think. An important element when considering a lens for your film is its range of focus: the most razor-sharp point of the image. What the camera is focused on guides the viewer's eye and tells them what to pay attention to within the frame. The ability to use and manipulate focus throughout your work can be incredibly powerful in eliciting a subconscious or even a visceral reaction in your viewer. Beyond the practicality of using focus to show information on the screen, filmmakers can also use focus to evoke emotions by hiding or revealing elements, building suspense, and surprising the audience. One way to do this is through a rack focus, which is a filmmaking technique when the focus changes during a continuous shot, perhaps revealing something that was obscure before. Read More...
Published By: NoFilmSchool - Thursday, 8 April, 2021