People’s Daily Lives

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People’s Daily Lives

1.     Through the personal perspective to see how to say “Hello” to a friend.
2.     Through the third person’s perspective and the parallel position to show two persons’ conversation.
3.     Through the high angle to see a person to walk to downstairs.
4.     Through the low angle to see people walking on the path or the bridge.
5.     Through the close-up to see a student how to write. (Focus on the hand part)
6.     Through the close-up to see a student while he or she is resting.
7.     Through the close-up to see a student’s face while he or she is texting or talking on the phone with the happy mood.  
8.     Through the parallel position to see a student typing.
9.     Through the close-up to see a student’s mouth while he or she is eating or drinking.
10.  Through the parallel position to see a person how to buy things on the vending machine.
11.  Through the parallel position to see how people open a door.
12.  Through wide angle to see how people walking across the escalator.
13.  Through wide angle to see how people walking across the streets.
14.  Through the parallel position to see how people swipe their Hunter cards to pass through.
15.  Through the parallel position to see people while they are waiting for the subway or how they get on to the subway.

* Through those shots, I record people’s activities in Hunter College. And, that will get viewers the familiar feelings which is the intuitive feelings. 

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