If you’re making a shot list, you might want to consider using a fisheye lens for some of your angles.
There’s nothing more fun than working in a visual medium. You get to spend time coming up with the way things appear on the screen and how those appearances will emotionally affect the audience.
One of the ways filmmakers manipulate footage is by using a fisheye lens. But if you’re new to filmmaking or cinematography, you may not know what a fisheye lens is, and we want to fix that. These are camera attachments that can really add some spice and vigor to your shooting style. They’re unexpected and beautiful.
Today we’re going to go over these lenses. We’ll see the definition, as well as some examples of fisheye lenses and learn why filmmakers use them in their work.
Sound good? Let’s get started.
Author: Jason Hellerman
This article comes from No Film School and can be read on the original site.
