You have many choices and tools to create the story you’re telling visually, and depth of field is one of the most important aspects of directing your audiences’ eye through the frame! I love seeing films with a deep depth of field myself. It often takes a refined eye, a lot of lighting, and choreography to pull them off beautifully — but when done right, like in Citizen Kane, Django Unchained, Roma, etc., the results are captivating.
A few other aspects that affect DOF (depth of field):
- Your lens’s focal length
- Distance to subject
- Camera’s sensor size
What are some of your favorite moments for shallow DOF and deep DOF? ✨
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