Virtual reality (VR) is a new concept to many of us. It allows the viewer to be inserted into the scene and as he or she turns their head, the camera moves with them. Although it may seem like an easy thing to some, this is actually a very challenging concept and it is very hard to tell a story when the viewer may be looking in the complete opposite direction. But Adobe has solved this problem by coming out with the first virtual reality editing software that is fairly easy to use.
This new software, that has just come out a few months ago, has already been stirring up some buzz. The main thing is that they found a way to make it so that you don’t have to put on your headset whenever you want to watch your video and then take it off when you have to edit. Adobe’s Project Clover has a built in editing system in the virtual reality headset so that you can keep it on and not have to take it off and on again to see the changes. Because the software had to be built in the side of the headset, they couldn’t make it too heavy. With that in mind, the programmers only put a handful of editing options that you can work with. But the ones that they did put in there are very useful. As I talked about earlier, being able to direct the viewer’s focus to a certain part in the video has been a continual challenge for journalists. So Adobe has made it very easy to layer the clips on top of one another and drag the clip to the side so that when it switches from clip to clip, you’re already looking at the point of focus. The video in the article shows an example with cars sliding around a race track. I think that this new software is a great and intelligent idea for many of the people that want to step up their game in the virtual reality world. However, I don’t know how many people this will apply to as not many student producers have the right equipment to film that 360 video. http://www.newsshooter.com/2016/11/09/vr-video-editing-goes-meta-with-adobes-project-clover/
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Almost all famous directors are known for having a favorite type of shot. Each of these shots conveys the type of story that they are trying to tell and gives more meaning to the film. After a director experiments with a lot of different styles, they tend to find a type that is just for them. Knowing which director will stick to which type of shots will give you a look into the variety of shots there are and help you find one that you will use often.
We will start out with Paul Thomas Anderson. This lesser-known director is credited to movies such as Inherent Vice and The Master. When his name is said, people will think of the man who uses the whip-pan. This shot is used when a character is talking and the interest is turned to a different matter so rather than using a traditional cut, Anderson spins the camera to the new subject. This is mainly used for a dramatic reveal shot or something else that really takes the viewer’s breath away. A more heard of director, Quentin Tarantino, famous for movies like The Hateful Eight, Pulp Fiction, and Django Unchained has a more unique kind of shot. If you ever really noticed, he likes to position a camera inside of the trunk of a car and have the actors open it a respond to whatever is in the trunk. Then he flips the camera and shows what the characters are looking at. Many people call this the trunk shot and still use it all the time. Another very famous director, Alfred Hitchcock, has a signature shot called “the Hitchcock Zoom” that he uses in Psycho and Vertigo. He first came up with this idea when he fainted at a party and tried to remake that sight into a shot he could use in his movies. Hitchcock finally came up with it by having the camera on a dolly and bringing the camera back while zooming in on the characters. This creates a subtle feeling of unease for the audience that has been loved by many other directors. After learning the ways of many famous directors, I hope you can find a style of filming and stick to it in your movies. http://canvas.grolsch.com/film-works/20-signature-shots-and-techniques-of-the-world%E2%80%99s-greatest-directors |
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