LINGTIAN KONG Posted July 29, 2019 Share Posted July 29, 2019 (edited) Hello peeps! I am currently working on the shot list of my next short film, and I try utilize my lenses and composition to show the loneliness of the protagonist. I attached two reference as below, I just wondering whats the focal length and lenses should I choose in order to tell the character internal's emotion? I want something wider focal length but not too much distortion, I basically want to emphasis character's internal fear of the reality world around him. Edited July 29, 2019 by LINGTIAN KONG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member Phil Rhodes Posted July 29, 2019 Premium Member Share Posted July 29, 2019 Hi there I can't see your references; can you try again? P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LINGTIAN KONG Posted July 29, 2019 Author Share Posted July 29, 2019 Yes I just attach it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel D. Teoli Jr. Posted August 11, 2019 Share Posted August 11, 2019 (edited) I like the dark one. Do you have a zoom? Try different lengths and see what works best. The dark example also looks good to me for a lens. But what are you after super close up? You mentioned loneliness. The negative space and off center comp of the dark photo pulls it off for me. Good luck! Edited August 11, 2019 by Daniel D. Teoli Jr. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Speziale Posted August 11, 2019 Share Posted August 11, 2019 (edited) It's up to the actor to create the look of fear or lonliness, etc. In this case I see more confusion or shock than lonliness or fear. I don't think changing the focal length or composition would change that. Edited August 11, 2019 by Bob Speziale Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruce Greene Posted August 11, 2019 Share Posted August 11, 2019 Having nothing to do with photography, if I were to make a character look "lonely", I would place him in a crowded location, but by himself. In other words, it's not the lens that creates the image of loneliness, but the situation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evan A Olson Posted September 4, 2019 Share Posted September 4, 2019 This morning I saw a video related to this. Newton Thomas Siegel explains how he uses different focal lengths to get different emotions across. A wide angle up close is generally more intimate with the viewer while a telephoto is more voyeuristic and disconnected. A clean medium shot of a character in conversation with another, OTS style (clean not dirty), if shot on a wide angle lens, will exaggerate the sense of space between the two characters. The style of the wide angle enhances the separation that a normal lenses wouldn’t get across. A telephoto lens could be used to show 2 characters, who are standing far apart, as the same size on the screen (with telephoto compression and all that). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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