Week 5 H/W - SCT Advantages & Disadvantages

Advantages in cinematography-Framing is the placement and composition of a subject or object in scene. This can be helpful to unfold a plot.-Depth of field is when the camera or recorder focuses on a main subject which is clearly scene in front of scenery, whereas the unimportant background is blurred. This is helpful as it allow the camera to capture the great importance of scene.-Rule of thirds is a guideline of an even amount of alignments to compose a picture in a place that fits the scene or subject. This is beneficial as it can get an accurate and defining imagery for a production

Advantages in obtaining audience attention with a large variety of shotsUsing many shots may attract the attention of the audience as they have a clear imagery of what is going on in a scene and how it is set out. This eliminates them having to imagine or guess what actual vision for the production is.

Advantages of coverage shotsHaving several camera coverage shots in a Drama or Suspense production is essential as it allows the audience to maintain interest as to what will happen next.

Advantages of having a small crew with a limited amount of crewThe advantages of having a small crew is that we didn’t have to pay for transport as we all had a free oyster card to travel to the locations where we was going to shoot the footage (webisode). Moreover, having a small crew to direct and operate is easier to having a large crew that may be restless and noisy. Lastly, you can share the limited amount of equipment and plan ahead for a great shoot.

Advantage of controlling lightingThe advantage of controlling lighting is that you can perfect the right tone of light expose for your genre of webisode. For example, if you were creating a horror, you would set out for a dark-lighting area.

Advantages of having multiple takes on scenesRe-taking scenes can benefit the production, as you try to perfect the scene that suits best for the production.

Advantages of beginning with a master shotThe audience will have a clear imagery of setting, where the plot is taking place.

Disadvantages of too much footage with lots of edit to doThe disadvantages of this is that you will have to stick to a deadline in the professional business of Media to finished a solid footage of work and make all the cuts sync properly without the footage looking strange.

Disadvantages of having to plan a storyboard carefully The disadvantage of spending a large amount of time on a storyboard is that is sets back the actual shooting for the production which could delay profit or even violate a deadline for recording to take at a certain location.