Jim Nelson

But smoother camera movement like the steady cam can enhance the character's emotions, which makes us also feel how they feel right? For example: in Rocky when he climbed up those stairs and the camera smoothly goes around him; we feel his excitement. Or in The Dark Knight when the joker crashes the party and the camera smoothly goes around him and Maggie Gyllehaal; doesn't this smooth movement also make us feel the way she's feeling, in other words, scared of what he's gonna do to her?

I'm sorry but I'm still a bit confused with when to use the steady cam. Can't using the steady cam (or any other smoother camera movement) also show "being in an uncontrolled situation and not knowing what is about to happen next"?

Thanks for your help :) But can't using the steady cam (or any other smoother camera movement) also show "being in an uncontrolled situation and not knowing what is about to happen next"? For example: In The Dark Knight, when the Joker crashes the party and is threatening Maggie Gyllenhaal and the camera is smooth and goes around both of them.

Hi, When is the best time to use hand held camera and when is the best time to use steadicam (or any other smooth camera work)? Thanks for your help.

Can this be applied to bright colors and pastel colors too? In other words, I heard that bright colors convey energy and vibrancy whereas pastel colors are calming and relaxing. So can bright colors be used to show calmness? And can pastel colors be used to show energy? Thanks for your help :)

Hi, Can the colors look different depending on the camera? For example: if we shoot exactly the same thing with a pd150 and with a dvx, will it look different in terms of color? Thanks

Thanks so much everyone :)

So what you mean is that high color contrast shots and low color contrast shots can both be striking and can both look nice? I'm sorry if I'm being a pain about this. It's just that I don't want to have any doubts about it. Thanks :)

I'm not really sure. That's the thing. To me they could both convey the same feeling. But I'm not sure. Same thing for like pastel colors have a calming effect and so do cool colors like blue. However, bright colors convey vibrancy. So what about bright blue?

Hi, I heard that having high color contrast in your shot can make it more energetic. While having low color contrast makes it calmer. But what about, for example, just having orange in the shot. Doesn't that too make it more energetic, since the color orange has the property of making it feel cheerful, vibrant etc. But then that would be low contrast contrast? For example: a shot of a boy running. The boy is in blue while everything else is yellow. And now the exact same shot of the boy running but everything including the boy is yellow. Which one is more energetic, lively feeling? Thanks for you help :)

The thing is I heard that high color contrast captures the attention and is more striking than a shot with low contrast. So that's why I was wondering if that meant if high color contrast made the shot better than low color contrast.

Hi, Does having high color contrast in your shots always make the shots look better and nicer? or can the shot still look great with low color contrast? Thanks for you help :)

Thank you everyone so much for your help :)

But isn't it like: in each scene, a character has an objective and the beats are the different tactics the character uses to fulfill that objective?

Thank you for your help :) May I asked you one last quesiton. What's the difference between the objectives for each beat in a scene, and the overal objective of the scene?

I'm sorry I don't want to be a pain, but I still don't quite get it :( I understand now that a scene can have various purposes. But I still don't get how to direct an actor :(

The thing is, in the book an Actor Prepares, Stanislavski says that "If the actor believes in the purpose of an action, the movement will be more believable." So that's why I'm confused whether you have tell him the motivation behind each of his actions.? - I also learned that everything that happens and is said in a scene must be according to the purpose of that scene. So I'm kinda confused here too.

But in the scenes involving characters, shouldn't you tell them what their objective is and why they do each of their actions (for example, in scene A: why he picks up the phone, why he goes to the living room, why he puts on some music etc), in order for us to get the right emotion out of them?

I'm sorry but I don't know what that means :(

Hi, I've heard somewhere that it's best to have shots with different shades of the same color (for example: different shades of yellow) or to have 2 completely different colors (for example blue and green). If you have more colors then your shot may not look good in terms of color. Is this true? Thanks for your help :)

The thing is, I thought that in each scene, the character has a goal and a motivation for that goal. And therefore everything he does (his actions) and says (his dialogue) must be to fulfill that goal. Isn't this correct? Also, how would you recommend me to direct the actors in terms of their actions and what they say? Thanks so much :)

Thank you so much for your help :) When is the best time of the day to have saturated colors? I heard somewhere that mid day isn't good?

Thank you very much for your help :)

Hi, I understand that in each scene, the character has a goal and a motivation for that goal. But does each line of dialogue in a scene have a motivation of its own? And if so, when you direct the actor should you tell him: ok for this line, this is your motivation to say it, and for the next line, this is your motivation? Thanks for your help :)

Hi, I heard somewhere, that in film you don't have shutter speed, you can only adjust the shutter angle. Wherease in digital, you can only adjust the shutter speed and not the angle. Is this true?