30Early black-and-white film (1920s)
flickering, scratched silent-era film
Nature documentary style uses long telephoto lenses for compressed, crisp shots of wildlife.
36Live-action footage, real people, natural skin and textures, filmed like a nature documentary: from a distance on a long telephoto lens, very shallow depth of field, a compressed background, crisp natural light and rich, clean colour. On a rooftop garden above a city in late-afternoon sun, a girl of about ten with short brown hair in a yellow T-shirt waters potted tomato plants with a small tin watering can. Medium shot from across the rooftop on a long lens, the camera steady on a tripod. 0–2s: she tips the watering can over a potted plant and water splashes onto the leaves. 2–4s: a white paper airplane glides in from screen left and lands on the rim of the pot beside her. 4–6s: she sets the can down, picks up the paper airplane and turns it over in her hands. 6–8s: she looks up and out over the city rooftops and smiles as the wind ruffles the leaves and her hair. Throughout: it stays long-lens nature-documentary footage with a compressed, softly blurred background, one continuous take.
Live-action footage, real people, natural skin and textures, filmed like a nature documentary: from a distance on a long telephoto lens, very shallow depth of field, a compressed background, crisp natural light and rich, clean colour.
Move the camera across the rooftop in the shot line. A long lens only reads when there is distance to compress.
30flickering, scratched silent-era film
31grainy, warm 4:3 home-movie film with light leaks
32soft, noisy standard-definition home video