Prelim task Evaluation

We shot our film location in the studios, which worked in a good spacial way for our task, however we had to improvize the sound effect of a door being opened and shut, aswell an exterior location shot since we were not filming in an actual room. This challenged us to work in a manner which we havent before, to create what visibly was not there.
        My active role was to identify which angles we have shot from, making the continuity correct and to make sure all shots were completed. We had to accomplish the exterior location,over the shoulder, close up, extreame close up, (if there was time) wide shot, (for both characters). My story board is shown below.

       We initiated the lighting to have full beem floodlights, which created a bright exposed setting. My thoughts on this lighting, was that it gave a good effect and it gave the notion that it was either a midday shot. However we did have to re-angle a few times because the camera mans figure was shadowed on the scene which made it diegetically invalid. This was important to the scene because we would hense be showing the audience that it isnt a real circumstance. The floodlights were effective because it hightend the drama in our continuity sequence.
        We had to bubble the camera when we were filming our exterior location shot which was outside on the gravel. This was because the ground was uneven and hence would make the camera angle uneven and unprofessional as a shot. A professional shot consists of quality of camera work, having the frame perfectly level unlesss it is intended to not be. We had this scene shot outdoors with natural which, meaning that we did not need to use any other artificial light. The angles for this were over the shoulder to show the direction of where one of the characters was enetering from. We also managed to have time to do a hand held point of view shot, where showed the angle of the character opening the door handle.  We did conform to the 180 degree rule by always watching our camera movements.
        This exercise helped me establish an understanding of angles and to watch the 180 degree line. I am now much more aware and capable of doing this correctly without breaking any rules that categorize the film industry.

Introduction to video camera

We have learned differents techniques to do with the video camera that we will be operating. The more you increase the shutter speed, the blurrier and less sharp something will be, it also gives the effect of freezing movement temoraily. The wider the aperture is the more light is able to come into the shot. White balance is pointed towards a blank white wall to alow the camera to get a solid balance on all the other colours of the spectrum. If you are aiming to focus on a specific object which you are planning to close up on, you need to previously have zoomed in and focused on that object first, then you can zoom back out and film you sequence.
Different types of shot
extreame wide angle shot: is often reffered to as an establishing show. It shows the viewer the setting of the scene, which gives information and insight as to where a character is.
wide shot:   the shubject take sup most of the frame, so you can see their full figure.
Mid shot: seeing the subject from the waist upwards.
over the shoulder shot: Shows primarliy two people having a convosation but only having one in focus and showing a portion of the back of the head of the other character, and keep being focused on the main subject.
close-up: The main feature of what the is being shot, or an ideal expression that the director wants to identify, is being coomed in on.
point of view shot: The angle is spaced from the point of view of where the subject is looking.

Continuity editing is to make the story make sense, and by putting different types of shots together, they lead eyeline well which create rythmn and a nice flow. The rule of thirds enables you to divide up the screen to see you four main hotspots in which your focal point consists. The rule of thirds helps you adjust your composition of where your informatio lyes.