Lesson:All about lenses

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WikiU Film School - Lesson #008: All about Lenses

Pages of this Lesson

• Lenses • Introduction to All about lenses. → You are here!!!!
• Lenses • Learning how focal length creates mood.
• Lenses • Focal length for over the shoulder shots.
• Lenses • Learning how depth of field focuses attention.
• Lenses • Learning about lenses using FrameForge 3D Studio 2.
• Lenses • Learning about lenses using DAZ Studio.

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Lesson Summary — Lenses create mood and focus attention

In this lesson, you will look at how lenses effect the filming of a motion picture.

We are going to film a short motion picture called Seduced by the Dark Side!. This short scene requires many moods. Therefore we need to learn what moods are possible with lenses.

There will also be moods created by the lights, by the musical tone in the actor's voice and by the film score. All of these moods should work together.

FrameForge 3D Studio vs. DAZ Studio

There are two programs we can use to learn all about lenses:

FrameForge 3D from Innoventive Software

FrameForge 3D Studio 2 is designed specifically to view how a scene will look however, only the demo version is free.

DAZ Studio from DAZ Productions, Inc., dba DAZ 3D

DAZ Studio is an animation program for digital actors which is free but the digital figures are not free.

Getting Started with FrameForge

Initially, download the free demo version of FrameForge 3D Stduio 2] and begin learning this very interesting program. (Please use "WikiU" for your middle name so we can keep track of the people from this class who are using the free demo version of FrameForge 3D Studio.)

Assignment

While you are looking at the examples in this lesson, also turn to Lesson #10 which is the 3D storyboarding lesson which also uses FrameForge 3D Studio 2. You need to recreate your thumbnail storyboad (which you made for Lesson #4) but this time, you must also select the exact focal length of the lenses.

Supplimental Reading

Photos of scenery photographed with different lenses (shown as 35mm SLR camera focal lengths).

Photos of an object (a car) photographed with different lenses (shown as 35mm SLR camera focal lengths). Notice the distortion at the two extremes.

PDF file showing what a camera sees with different lenses. Very quick view.

Information about f-Stops

Information about depth of field