Camerawork head room lead room and framing

Camerawork: Head room, Lead room and Framing Head Room: What is headroom? - head room is the space between the top of the subject's head and the top frame of the composition.

-The general rule of thumb for headroom is that your subject's eyes should be placed in the top 3rd of the frame.

If there is too much headroom there is an large, awkward ammount of space above the subject's head, and if there isn't enough, part of the subject's head will constantly be cut off.

Lead Room: What is lead room? - lead room is the space where dramatic energy is directed. For close up hots, lead room is referred to as 'nose room'. The direction of which the subject is facing and looking towards will determine where the energy is being directed.

-There is not enough lead room, when there is more space in the frame behind the subject and is in the opposite direction of the dramatic energy. For example there is too much space to the left of the frame in the shot, but an acceptable ammount in the second.

Anticipatory Framing: What is anticipatory framing? - this is the cameraman establishing that he needs to anticipate the movement within a scene, rather than react to it.

- When a character is moving within a scene, the cameraman needs to be able to predict where they are going to move to, so that the frame stays focussed on them as a subject. If there is no anticipation of the movement within a scene, it begins to look jolty and draws audince attention to the people behind the camera, and not whats in the frame. This is extremely dainty and needs to be rehersed so that there is no sudden change in direction, and if it's done incorrectly it is best to re-do the failed shots.