--- tags: cd --- # cd documentation notes for afvs workshops ![alt text](https://files.slack.com/files-pri/T0HTW3H0V-F06HBE43MQC/img_7592.jpg?pub_secret=eeabecef31) ## camera movement * pan * panning across or up and down the artwork * tilt ## composition * depth of field - shallow versus large * cu, mcu, wide * when to capture process at these distances * ## lighting * hard vs soft * diffusing the light * two lights at 45 degree angles to artwork * how to reduce glare * lights halfway between camera and artwork if capturing in mcu range * exposure * blown out to complete white = overexposed (depending on desired effect) ## moves * turning pages * hands visible * from an angle * close up of artist holding artwork, gesturing as they describe and analyze it * over the shoulder shots * montage of many artworks * panning up and down and across the object * if artist documents their own work, an image of them doing that * an image of them showing the images they've taken of their artwork?! :) * wide shot of multiple objects * then cut to detail of single object in that array * panning across object in CU detail view * shots of workspace, notes, thinking, the materials of the studio * sketch to object * CU or MCU of artist's face while working * cut to hand/object of artist's gaze (eg., if they're working on a sketch, cut to the sketch) ## the visual story, bruce block * contrast and affinity * greater the contrast = visual intensity increases * greater the affinity = visual intensity decreases * perspective * one-point: top and bottom of plane meet in vanishing point * two-point: two vanishing points * the eye is drawn to vanishing points ## questions * installation view something we'd want students to consider how to capture? * when does documentation become something that students would do themselves * ie., that would venture into their artistic practice * will they be interviewed at any point? do we talk about talking to camera? ## links * [shot composition](https://www.studiobinder.com/blog/rules-of-shot-composition-in-film/) * [depth of field](https://www.studiobinder.com/blog/depth-of-field/) * [art21 startinf from sketches series](https://art21.org/playlist/starting-from-sketches/#/9)