What are the 5 “C’s” of Cinematography?

And how does it help create interesting video?

What are the 5 “C’s” of Cinematography?

Camera Angles, Composition, Cutting,

Close-up, and Continuity

Camera Angles

Camera angles determines both audience viewpoint and area covered in a shot

Choice of angle can position the audience closer to the action, farther away, higher, or lower

Camera Angles

Camera Angles

Composition

Arrangement of objects or subjects within the frame.

Interesting lighting Simple, but interesting Composition reflects personal

taste.

Composition

Composition

Cutting Visual transition from one shot to

another Guides the telling and the pace of a

story Film editing may be compared with

cutting, polishing and mounting a diamond. •Both diamonds and films are

enhanced by what is removed Less is often more Avoid jarring visual inconsistencies.

Cutting

Cutting

Close-up

Magnifies the object No background visible Adds interest Creates an emotion

Close-up

Close-up

Continuity

Continuity helps depict events realistically

Time and space continuity Have a shooting plan Storyboards!

Continuity When Batman is

interrogating The Joker, we can see The Joker's suspenders on his left shoulder. The scene cuts to Batman, then in the next shot of the Joker from the same angle the suspender is back under his vest and can no longer be seen.

Continuity The cooling ducts

on the side of Bruce Wayne's Lamborghini Murciélago LP640 are closed at the beginning of the scene and are open immediately following a cut. They are motorized but take time to open and close.