Anuj Garg: Class 3 - Week 1 [ Intro To Staging And Composition ]

Awesome Term 3 has Started!!! And this Term is Got Jason Taylor Another Awesome Animator guide me Through My journey in Animation Mentor... He Got Some Great Reels.. U'll can Take Some time and Check it out if u'll want..

http://www.captainkeyframe.com/index.htm

In This week Lecture Carlos talked to us Abt Staging and Composition. Abt Camera how we should stage out Shot to Make out Shot Clear. We stage things So that the Story is clear to the Audience using all the Elements Available. Lots of things are involved in the staging process, Characters, Props, Set.. etc., Camera Angle/lenses, the action that will take place in the shot.

We should Always Keep our staging clear And Simple.. DON'T CONFUSE THE MEDIUM WITH THE MESSAGE... The most important thing about staging is clarity, you should make sure that the idea & the point of the shot is very clear to the audience while staging.

Keep it simple, and keep your full concentration on the message that you're telling the audience; Staging (with its simplicity) should help conveying that message.. Not confuse it!

SHOT: - Shot is a Continuous view filmed with one Camera Without any kind of Interruptions.

There are different Types of Shot Types used in Cinemas some of the Most Common among them are...

Establishing shot (usually used at the opening of the scene)
Long shot
Medium shot
Close-Up shot
High Angle shot
Low Angle shot
Over the Shoulder shot (used when having two characters in the scene)
Point of View shot (to show what the character is looking at)

Takes:- Multiple Versions taken of the same Shot to Find the Best Fit for it.

CUT:- How one Shot Related to another Shot.

Scene:- Place or Scene where the action is Taking Place. A scene can be One Shot or a Series of Shot, Showing a Continuous Event.

Type of camera moves: Pan, Track In/Out, Dolly, Crane, Boom, Tilt Up/Down.

Type of camera lenses: Long Lens 100-200mm, Normal lens 35-50 mm, Short lens 10-20mm, Normal lens are the most appealing to the human eyes.

We should ask ourself while staging our shots; what I'm trying to tell the audience with this camera angle? Why I'm moving my camera? Some great animations that gets messed up by un-necessary camera movement.. The camera should move only for a purpose.

Good reasons for animating the camera would be: following a character, emphasizing on a character's reaction, revealing an important element in the scene, or maybe creating a sense of action.. But avoid camera moves that are pointless, or will distract your audience from the main subject.

You can Also Check out this Site which has Some Awesome Info Abt Staging.. Would Surly Recommend u'll to look at it...

http://sevencamels.blogspot.in/2012/04/flat-funny-and-depth-dramatic.html

http://sevencamels.blogspot.in/2012/04/contrast-can-be-enough-to-tell-story.html

I love this One from that Link. It’s really great...In this One it’s So Clear that That family head off to the Church, and the Dad elects to Stay at Home..
It’s a very Simple Staging but it tells us the Story just by looking at this One Single Image..... Now we should try to get Staging like that in our shot so that It makes our Shot clear and Helps our Audience to understand the Goal of the Shot easily and they don't have to guess what’s Happening.. If the audience are guessing what’s happening in ur Shot then that means Ur Staging is Not good enough..