From the course: Learning Cinematography: 1 Narrative Fundamentals
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The seven elements of exposure
From the course: Learning Cinematography: 1 Narrative Fundamentals
The seven elements of exposure
- Since just about everyone has at least a cell phone camera, I'm sure you're familiar with the basics of exposure in still photography. Exposure in motion photography is quite different from what you might be used to. So we're going to examine motion photography exposure to smooth out this transition for you. Still, in establishing exposure in motion photography, is important because the exposure of one shot will affect the audience's perception of another. The seven elements of exposure are, the speed of the camera, or ISO, the T-stop of the lens or aperture, lens filters, the frame rate of the camera, the shutter angle in the camera, the amount of light present in the scene, and the desired depth of field. That's quite a list, and we'll go over each element in a moment. But first, let's look at why we'll have to juggle all of these factors. When you're shooting a still photo, you don't care so much about if one photo is different from the next. In fact, sometimes a still…
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