The location we filmed in was a film set in the studio, which is set out to be an old damaged apartment. This location worked for us because we could clearly see the 180 degree line in the set, the set also looks quite real with the furniture in the set to add realism. The set made our film look more realistic and detailed. The primary role I took was director and the role of continuity in each shot because I noticed the differences between each shot we filmed, for instance if the door was meant to be open or closed. I also gave the instructions of ‘stand by and camera rolling.’
Lighting
As a group we looked at the two actors and the brightness of there bodies and faces because one had very pale skin and the other had a more tanned colour of skin. We also looked at the lightness of the room we wanted to make the scene as naturalistic as possible by using artificial lights.
By trying to create natural realistic scene lighting was key, if the lighting was too dark the viewer would find it difficult to see what was happening, and that’s why we had to do a white balance.
Filming
We set up the camera correctly first by lifting the tripod to the height we wanted it, I think the shots we chose were effective or conveying the characters status, power and relationship towards the other character. We then correctly placed the camera on the tripod, we then ‘bubbled’ the camera so that the camera was correctly balanced and was not at a tilt. We didn’t check the level of the camera at each shot because we used different heights for different shots; we mainly noticed what went right in the shot or what went wrong in the shot. We had one particular shot where you could see in the top left corner the end of the set where it was just a black wall. There was another shot where one actor opened the door and you could see the green paint behind the door, we could do nothing about it but it did stand out as we viewed each shot. We used a variety of different shot types, we used a high angle shot of one actor show show her status and power between both actors. We used a couple of times, a close up and an extreme close up so that you can clearly see their emotion and reactions of the actor. We also used a wide shot which was also used as an establishing shot of the scene, the wide shot also shows the proxemics of the two characters. The shots we used were all appropriate for our scene because they all had a hidden meaning if it shows the relationship between the two characters or if it shows the characters status.
We used a wide shot at first to establish the audience where the characters are, we also remembered the 180 degree rule which we knew we must not break otherwise it would confuse the viewer. We found it difficult to remember everything at first, such as to bubble the camera so that its level and balenced, also to place the camera on the tripod securely and successfully, it was all new to us and we found it a challenge to set up the camera. Once we had placed the camera in the first shot which was a wide shot we needed to allocate positions to each member of our group, whether they would say the lines such as 'stand by' or the person who would press the record button and then we also needed someone who would be the continuity person to keep every shot looking the same.We used extreme close ups on one of the characters to show the reaction of the character.
We used over the shoulder shots to show who is talking, I think over the shoulder shots are simple but effective to convey the story ands the characters emotion. The continuity aspect I thought we didn’t do very well at, you could clearly see where we purposely changed the shots,
We used a wide shot at first to establish the audience where the characters are, we also remembered the 180 degree rule which we knew we must not break otherwise it would confuse the viewer. We found it difficult to remember everything at first, such as to bubble the camera so that its level and balenced, also to place the camera on the tripod securely and successfully, it was all new to us and we found it a challenge to set up the camera. Once we had placed the camera in the first shot which was a wide shot we needed to allocate positions to each member of our group, whether they would say the lines such as 'stand by' or the person who would press the record button and then we also needed someone who would be the continuity person to keep every shot looking the same.We used extreme close ups on one of the characters to show the reaction of the character.
We used over the shoulder shots to show who is talking, I think over the shoulder shots are simple but effective to convey the story ands the characters emotion. The continuity aspect I thought we didn’t do very well at, you could clearly see where we purposely changed the shots,
We did notify the 180 degree rule and so we stuck by it, we may have moved around the 180 degree line too much, we may have had too many shots which were far too different from each other, we did not break the 180 rule but we did move very close to breaking it, almost in line the 180 degree line but we all knew that we must not go past that invisible line.
In the practical lessons I have learnt how to set up a camera and tripod correctly, I have been able to work in a small group to be able to film a simple but complete scene with one camera, I have learnt in our group that it takes a long time to perfect only a few seconds of film, I have learnt the basics on how to edit the scene we filmed.
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