Production and Style study

Introduction Through out this post i am going to research what lighting, camera movement, camera angles and framing does to create dramatic effects in the genre of social drama.

Framing: Framing of the shots in social drama and many other genres are critical to creating a dramatic scene/effect. This is because Framing a shot pertains to how you compose your main subject and the elements surrounding it to fit the rectangular space your camera provides. This plays a vital role in exploring the varying meanings, implications, and emotions of a scene.  "Rule of Thirds." This divides the screen using certain lines to create smaller rectangular boxes where the significant elements of the shot are typically placed. Whether using the "Rule of Thirds" or not when composing a shot, the framing of a footage should lead the eyes toward the intended focal point or main subject.

Lighting: Lighting is usually used to create mood, emotion story or setting which all depenmds on the subject matter of the social drama piece. It is needed for proper exposure of every shot in the film for it to be clear to the audience. For example if the social drama film was covering a subject of domestic violence you'd expect the lioghting to be slightly underexposed and very dull to get the audience feeling the victim of the abuse.

Camera angles: Camera angles in social drama are very important to again set a mood, atmosphere or establish something. here are a list of different camera shot types/angles.

• Closeup
• Mid shot
• Long shot
• Reverse shot reverse
• Dolly zoom
• Dutch tilt
• Establishing shot
• Handheld shot
• Low angle/ High angle shot
• Over the shoulder shot

Some basic shots normally featured in social dramas and film in general. 

Camera Movement: There are a variety of different camera movements, here are some displayed below.

• Camera pan
• Camera tilt
• Camera Trucking/Tracking
• Dolly zoom