Cinematic photography is a type of Street Photography Frankfurt, rather popular yet demanding to achieve. What makes this photography’s sub-genre different, is that it produces images which appear like stills captured from movies. The combination of the content as well as the aesthetics of these photos is what creates the particular result. A result that aims to tell a story to the viewer and engage him emotionally with the image.
What Actually Makes A Shot Cinematic
In the movies, everything is thought out and controlled in the tiniest detail before the shooting : the scene, the lights, the exact position, the posture and expression of the actors. Shooting cinematic though, does not involve so much of control on the images’s subject, light or background. However the goal is the same with a movie : to tell a story. There are some basic elements that add this film feeling to the pictures: a letterbox frame, captivating emotion, directional light and special editing.
A Story Telling Effect
As already discussed its main characteristic is to have a storytelling effect. That effect is often produced with the appearance of a strong human element whose expression and posture emanate a powerful emotion that captures the eye of the viewer. Of outmost importance is the timing of the shot, since what matters substantially is the depiction of that emotion. The emotional intensity makes the image “talk” to the viewer, adds more drama to it and helps him engage emotionally with the picture’s content. Short of like watching a movie.
Letterbox Crop And Alluring Scenery
Scenes shot on a rainy or foggy day, or within a steamy aura add a cinematic approach on images as well. In addition, strong backlight and tight shots on human faces and figures produce a result of isolation and are found it the “toolbox” of cinematography. Last but not least, the adding of a letterbox crop that produces a frame to the images completes the frozen movie effect.
Strong Colors And Special Editing
The processing phase is where the cinematic result is sealed. The brightness’s degree of the shot’s primary subject, sets the tone. Combined with strong colors, the level of the subject’s brightness has an impact on the feelings of the viewer : quiet results raise feelings of risk or mystery contrary to brighter ones that suggest clarity or even purity. Colors and color temperature determine as well the lighting and the mood of the subject and objects appeared. Finally the use of the curves panel completes the result.
Cinematic street photography allows you to experiment more with the creative side of yourself, as in mimicking a movie director and succeeding to establish an emotional tie between your audience and the pictures. In addition, it is way more fun than the classical style, because you get the chance to “play” further during the editing phase so as to make your shots resemble more to movie stills. The secret to succeeding it, hides both in camera and in processing.
So, grab your camera, get on the street and start going cinematographic.
You will definitely love it. Yours viewers as well.