ANGLES AND SHOTS

High angle: A high-angle shot is a cinematic technique where the camera looks down on the subject from a high angle and the point of focus often gets "swallowed up".

Low angle:   is a shot from a camera angle positioned low on the vertical axis, anywhere below the eye line, looking up. This angle looks up on something or someone making it look bigger than it really is. It is the opposite of a high angle. It is commonly used in TV shows.

Slanted angle: shows an object or someone from an unnatural point of view. It can be used ina drama to show things only the audience can see. The horizon line of the shot is not parallel with the bottom of the camera frame.

Eye level: shows the object of the picture looking directly at you, this shows that he or she has the same amount of power as you.

Aerial shot: is a shot of a scene or photo taken from a higher vantage point than what is being filmed.

Close up shot: are used to imply intimacy between the characters or between the character and the audience. It is used to reveal the character's thoughts and feelings.

Long shot: Takes apicture from distance, it shows a whole setting. It could be used to show a full scene or an actors full body. Typically shows the entire object or human figure and is usually intended to place it in some relation to its surroundings.

Medium shot: is a camera angle shot from a medium distance. Is usually from the targets head down to his or her torso. This to show the targets body as well as there face.

Wide Shot: usually includes a lot of visual information for the audience to 'set the scene'. Usually shot with a wide angle lens.

Two shot:  is a type of shot in which the frame encompasses a view of two people (the subjects). Is mostly used in TV dramas where it shows friends side by side.

Point of view: shot shows the view point of an actor. You can usually see the actors feet or hands in the picture so that you know straight away what sort of shot it is.

PHOTO READING

PHOTO READING

     

INTERVIEW GIRONA

INTERVIEW

Lorena: -What do you think about Girona?
Tourist: -Oh, it's a very nice city! It has a lot of charm!
Lorena: -Have you ever been here before?
Tourist: -No, it's the first time I come.
Lorena: -How long have you been in this city?
Tourist: -The truth is that I arrived yesterday, so I do not know if I can answer many questions, hahahaha
Lorena: -Don't worry, we can do it hahahaha
Tourist: -Okey, let's do it!
Lorena: -Okey, come on! Is Girona similar to your city?
Tourist: -No, it does not look like Oslo at all.
Lorena: -Wow, Oslo! Very pretty!
Tourist: -Yes! Have you ever been to Oslo?
Lorena: -Oh no hahaha, I've seen pictures hahaha.
Tourist: -hahaha
Lorena: -What's your favorite spot in Girona?
Tourist: -I have not seen much, but the cathedral has seemed impressive, so for now the cathedral I think.
Lorena: -Did you go to "El Barri Vell"? What do you think about it?
Tourist: Yes, I have loved it!
Lorena: -Do you think it's a clean city?
Tourist: -Yes, the truth is that it is very clean.
Lorena: -Do you feel comfortable here in Girona? Why?
Tourist: - Yes because the people are very friendly and it is a very quiet city, like a village.
Lorena: -What do you think is the best season to visit Girona?
Tourist: -I would say that in spring, in spring I'm sure the city is very pretty.
Lorena: -Are you tired of all these questions?
Tourist: -No, I think you look very nice girls hahahaha
Berta & Lorena: -ooooh, thank you hahaha, you're very kind
Tourist: -hahaha
Lorena: -Okey, we've finished with the questions. Thank you very much for your time, delighted to meet you !!!
Tourist: -Oh, equally !!!
Berta: -Enjoy your trip!
Tourist: -Thank you!
Berta & Lorena: -Good bye!
Tourist: -Bye !!!

DAVID GUTTENFELDER

DAVID GUTTENFELDER

David Guttenfelder is a photographer born in Iowa in 1969. He became known for his photos in North Korea.

                             

He was a freelance photographer in East Africa and is currently Asia's chief photographer for the Associated Press. Lives in Tokyo, Japan.

He has received numerous awards:

• 2009: Reader's Award (along with four others), Japan Japan International Photojournalism Awards.
• 2012: Time magazine Instagram photo of the year.
• 2012: Finalist, Pulitzer Prize 2012 in Feature Photography.
• 2013: Infinity Prize of the International Center of Photography.

His photos show the reality of the darkest places in the world:

                            

                            

                            

                           

IMAGES JOHANSSON & McCURRY

JOHANSSON & McCURRY

JOHANSSON

Erik Johansson is a Swedish photographer born in Prague in 1985. His true passion is to create photographs combining images to create images full of surrealism and originality. It is impressive to see one of his works because, although it is seen that they are unreal images, they really seem totally.
His characteristic photography is what has led him to be known today.

McCURRY

Steve McCurry was born on February 24, 1950. He is an American photographer with experience in photojournalism and publications. It is known mainly for the photograph that did in the war of Afghanistan in 1984 "Afhan Girl", that was originally published in National Geographic magazine. Today he is a member of the Magnum Photos agency.

SEBASTIAO SALGADO - GENESIS

NATURE IN ITS PURE STATE. 

The other day we went with those from the institute to Girona to see an exhibition of Sebastiao Salgado. I was expecting the typical exhibition of nice photos that left you indifferent, but to my surprise, the images were amazing.

Sebastiao Salgado is a photographer born in Minas Gerais, Brazil, about 73 years old. He studied economics and worked on it until 1973, when he decided that he wanted to dedicate himself to photography.

All the photographs that were in the exhibition that we went to see were incredible, but there was an in particular that caught my attention:

Western Highlands. Papua New Guinea

Everything and that this image is made in 2008, transports you to a remote time, where everything was just as nature had created it, without any change or modification. The image shows how, in a totally primitive situation, this man manages to camouflage himself and be part of the nature where he lives. It shows the true instinct of survival and adaptation, where a human can become a plant so that large predators do not eat it, or to pass unnoticed among the victims who will provide food.

It shows us that over time we have been changing everything, destroying everything natural in our way to create a material world in which we need more and more things that really are not important.

It seems strange to me that we are shocked to see a photo like that of this man, in which nature sees itself, as we were and lived for thousands of years, without realizing that we are really strange are us, dependent on each other, with our advanced technology and our totally artificial way of life.

MY WORST NIGHTMARE

MY WORST NIGHTMARE

I had a hard time falling asleep that night. I was very anxious, because what I had just seen had left me petrified.
I was on the couch, watching a movie, when from the bar below my house I started to hear screams saying "NO, NO!".
I went out to the balcony to see what was happening, but to get to know what I would see next, surely I would not have wanted to go out and see nothing.

We live on the 3F floor. My neighbor next door, the one on floor 3E, was a young woman, about 40 years old. He lived with his father, an old man who only wanted what was best for his daughter. Apparently, she had been hooked for a few years to the drug and her father would not let her leave the house with the intention of not rising.

Both she and her father seemed to be the most normal, but that night, everything came to light.

My neighbor had fallen asleep, and his daughter wanted to use him to do what she had to do for a long time.
When I went out to the balcony, the first thing I saw was the woman sitting on her back on the iron railing, threatening to take her life at that moment. I called my mother, but when she arrived, my neighbor threw herself off the balcony, falling backwards onto the cold asphalt. He was on the ground for a couple of minutes while the ambulances and police arrived, but suddenly they began to crack, and as he turned he saw that the whole floor was stained with blood.

I could not believe what I was seeing.

After a few minutes the police arrived and when they saw me on the balcony they asked me if I knew her and on what floor she lived.

I told them everything I knew and opened the door for them to enter. They got up very quickly and knocked on the door next door. No one answered, because the old man was a little deaf, but suddenly he woke up and opened the door. As soon as he saw the police, he knew that something had happened to his daughter. He became very nervous and began to ask what had happened to his daughter. The policemen explained it tactfully, but the man began to cry and ran down. When she came down, the woman had been taken to the ambulance.

Although my mother would not let me be on the balcony while all this happened, I refused to leave. I wanted to know what would happen to that woman's life, but because of that, that night I could barely sleep at all.

When I finally got to sleep, I dreamed that the one I threw was me. At that moment did not distinguish that it was a dream and that was the reality. I woke up suddenly with an anxiety attack and went to sleep in my mother's bed because I was afraid to be alone in my room.
The next day, the news came that the woman had not survived the coup.
From that moment I was several weeks without daring to pass alone in front of his flat.





I know that maybe it was not the best way to learn it, but now I am very clear that I will NEVER try drugs, and I am aware of the damage they can cause to both the person and those around him.