response to the 5 techniques to create depth article

One of the most basic ways to create depth is focusing on something in the foreground leaving anything in the background blurry, and viceversa. This is when you have a shallow depth of field. This principle is used all the time by beginners and experienced filmmakers alike. Another way to create depth is having high contrast lighting between the foreground and background. Similar to focus, if one object is brighter than an object behind it, it will give a sense of depth and appear father from the object. The third way to create depth given is perspective. If the shot is done through a wide angle lens a sense of depth can be made because the horizon is changed. And, depending on how the camera is placed any lines can be exaggerated to appear as they are moving into the distance. The fourth technique is paralax. This is when a camera moves in or with the scene, objects close to the camera move quicker than objects father away, creating a sense of depth. The last technique is occlusion, which basically means an object in the foreground will cover up and hide the background, creating again a sense of depth.

I never thought about high contrast lighting as a way to make depth, but it makes a lot of sense. Everyone loves to use focus and most likely abuse it as well, so it's good to know that there are several options and techniques for creating depth that we don't use focus too much or skip depth altogether. Occlusion seems so easy to pull off, I'd probably do it a lot. Depth is really important to make a shot/scene look good that it's crucial to remember it when filming.