Composition Shot

So here are some good websites I found that talk about how to set up great camera shots to tell your story.

http://www.csus.edu/indiv/s/starkj/Faculty/coms27/cinematography.htm
http://www.demontv.co.uk/shot_composition/shot_composition.php
http://www.billselak.com/educ514/
http://www.davidbordwell.net/blog/?m=200804&paged=2

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Maya Introduction Using Manipulators from Nick Zuccarello on Vimeo.

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Kotaku Talk Radio – PODCAST – Greg Zeschuk

http://chataboutit.com/kotaku-talk-radio-podcast-greg-zeschuk-episode-2/

Great clip, of Mass Effect.

The Making of Avatar

• James Cameron wanted to work on a film in 1995, but the visual effects want ready to make what he had in mind.
• I really enjoyed this movie and here is the making of this film. The character development was really thought out.
• And every arching point in the story was visually epic.
• The whole environment was created with a freedom to explore a new planet "Pandora"
• Their goal was to make a planet so creative they, made a planet visually from scratch.
• They spent a long time looking for the right acting talent.
• All the actors were motion capture to their characters. Thier Motion capture studio was "Giant Studio"
• I have gone to this studio to mocap Swtor, in 2006-2007 and the time I was there, they were filming this movie in another studio.
• They used motion capture to capture the face, so that they will have life like quality.
• Wow they have a really cool tool where they have a virtual camera where it films on stage and track the space environment in the Pandora world. This makes it easier to have great camera work.
• When they film a shot, they will take a moment and take a look of what the camera captured in the Pandora world, actors will get into a pod and watch their selves acting in the Pandora world, This was mind blowing for all the actors.
• There is so much new technology that went into developing this film.
• The editing for this film took place, during pre production. This has never been done before but, it gave so much time for the editors to make the movie great. They used a lot of the camera reference that they filmed on set.
• After all the acting ws done, they went to Wetta to get the 3D visuals to come into place.
• They also talk about sound, and how they use sound from today and manipulate it to a unique sound effect.
• This was a revolutionary experience in Hollywood.