How? I don't know how to use a camera. I've a background in art and design, the concepts of composition are familiar (if distant in time) but the technicalities and practicalities of taking actual photographs remain mysterious.
Best way to learn? Borrow a DSLR and a variety of lenses from a good friend and go for it.
This is a selection of shots that went towards the final story.
I set this up as the establishing shot. It's an eye level, long shot of our protagonist's house.
Moving inside we see the dogs. (high angle, long shot). One of them is watching...
...our man playing his guitar (eye level, mid/long shot).
He's finding it difficult (high angle, long shot, wide angle) and...
... he storms out as the dog looks on (eye level, over shoulder, very long shot).
Our protagonist takes a break (new scene, establishing shot, wide angle) before...
... returning to consider his guitar (eye level, suggesting mid shot)...
... and getting back to work... (low angle, close up, narrow DoF)
... and playing guitar. (Over shoulder, very high angle, narrow DoF)
After abusing the lack of physical film (while embracing the capacity of digital storage) and taking over 300 photographs, I picked my shots. You'll see the results later.
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