Depth of Field in Cinematography

1a) Still from Get Out, 2017, showing deep focus

1b) Still from Spider-Man: No Way Home, 2021, showing shallow focus 

1c) Still from Euphoria, 2019, showing soft focus

2a) A still showing how deep is used to convey conflict, character, or development. 

2b) A still showing how shallow is used to convey conflict, character, or development.

2c) A still showing how soft is used to convey conflict, character, or development. 

    

    With this blog, understanding the concepts was not difficult, but actually creating the concepts was challenging. The hardest still to create was the one showing soft focus. I wanted to create the dream/flashback look physically, instead of using a premade filter on my phone. My idea was to use old ballet tights, similar to how they used a stocking in the video from "StudioBinder." Originally, I tried putting my phone inside the tights and taking the picture from there, but this did not work because the tights were thicker than I thought, and the camera could not see through them. To solve my problem, I cut the tights into a small rectangle and stretched them out. Stretching the tights out made it a lot easier for my phone camera to see through them and helped create the picture I wanted. For the still I created showcasing shallow focus, I originally took the picture without the background objects. So, my still only contained the flowers. After taking this picture, I realized I needed objects in the background to show the contrast between what was in focus and what was not. So, I added two objects to the area, but made sure my camera did not focus on them. The easiest still to create was the one showing deep focus. I made sure none of the characters were completely facing the camera because I did not want frontality to take away from the fact that the stuffed animals were all equally important in this still.