From the course: Learning Cinematography: 3 Hands On Techniques
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Optics concepts
From the course: Learning Cinematography: 3 Hands On Techniques
Optics concepts
- The lens plays a big part in creating the image we want for the audience. As with all decisions, our choice of lens starts with a story. What's a quality we want from our lenses? Don't assume that the sharpest image is necessarily the best image to tell your story. Now, there are technical qualities. What size image are you creating? How much light do you need? Will you be shooting with zooms or primes? What about aspect ratio? How heavy should the lenses be? Then there are aesthetic considerations, and there are lots of choices here. How sharp? How clean do we want the lenses? What color? Mikael Salomon, who was a cinematographer on Backdraft, chose Super 35 lenses rather than anamorphic lenses because of how much cleaner the spherical optics were than anamorphic lenses would have been in shooting fire. What's the range of focal lengths available? The depth of field needed for your movie is a part of your decision process. Depth of field is the area in front of the lens, which is…
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