In Wednesdays lesson we had to film a short clip, so that it is ready for editing. We were split up into random groups, this helped me learn doing work with people that I would not normally chose, conflicts of interest occurred, and it was helpful to learn about merging everyones ideas into one.
We first decided who our actors would be, who the camera man would be, and our director would be. I was the camera man, although I did contribute to the group with ideas, and shot recommendations. We then started looking at the story board, and the location of the shots, we picked the side of the classroom this worked well for the wide shot, but because of the door in the story board, in the over the shoulder shot, you could not clearly see any door, If I had done it again, I would more carefully plan out were the location would of been.
When we were shooting the director said "roll camera", I would then say "camera rolling" then the director would say "action", we found that this worked well, but it was easy to mix up the terms, and for the director to say camera rolling by mistake, and it would confuse the actors.
The first thing we did was set up the camera, focus it on the actors,then we white balanced the camera on a piece of paper. We decided it would be best to let the actors try out, and reverse there roles, and to iron out all of the mistakes. We then shot every shot all the way through the scene, we did this to make shore that the actors are in the same mind frame, and to avoid confusion. We started with the wide shot because it allowed us to have the whole scene there, and for a reference for editing, we then shot the over the shoulder shots (running all the way through both times). We finished slightly early, so we added a new scene, which included a dramatic ending, in this scene, we added a few close up shots to show the tension.
As you can see above only a the back part of the gun is in focus. After researching online I found that if I was to reduce the aperture, then there would be a greater field of view, and if I only wanted a very small field of view, I would increase the aperture. If I was to do this again, I would experiment with a small field of view, and then move the focus from the actor all the way down the barrel, this would give a nice cinematic revealing shot.
During the process I learned that you should follow the same procedure on set up every time. The procedures I usually use are; Take the tripod out of the bag, and adjust it to the appropriate height for filming. Then Bubble the camera so that it is level. Attach the lens, and other neccacary accessories, before attaching the quick release plate to the bottom of the camera. After ensuring all the parts are together I can then carefully push in the tab, and slide in the quick release plate in, attached on the bottom of the camera. I then tighten the bolt finger tight. I would then insure, that the camera had sufficient storage space, and battery. By following these steps every time it minimizes mistakes, and errors that could occur.
During the recording I came across several issues, the main one was getting everyone to agree on the same idea, to solve this issue I could get everyone to sit-down at a table and discuss before the filming was to occur, this it would save time, with the on set quibbles.
If I was to do the task again, I would of planned everything beforehand, this would minimize last minute decisions on set, it would also give better, and more orchestrated results.
This task taught me a lot, and prepared me for planning, and preparing for the coming thriller. I learned that you should storyboard very accurately, this helps a lot for making everyone aware of the current situation, in regards to the shots. It is important to go to the location before hand, and mark were every shot is going to be exactly in relation to the room, and the character placement.
When we were shooting the director said "roll camera", I would then say "camera rolling" then the director would say "action", we found that this worked well, but it was easy to mix up the terms, and for the director to say camera rolling by mistake, and it would confuse the actors.
The first thing we did was set up the camera, focus it on the actors,then we white balanced the camera on a piece of paper. We decided it would be best to let the actors try out, and reverse there roles, and to iron out all of the mistakes. We then shot every shot all the way through the scene, we did this to make shore that the actors are in the same mind frame, and to avoid confusion. We started with the wide shot because it allowed us to have the whole scene there, and for a reference for editing, we then shot the over the shoulder shots (running all the way through both times). We finished slightly early, so we added a new scene, which included a dramatic ending, in this scene, we added a few close up shots to show the tension.
As you can see above only a the back part of the gun is in focus. After researching online I found that if I was to reduce the aperture, then there would be a greater field of view, and if I only wanted a very small field of view, I would increase the aperture. If I was to do this again, I would experiment with a small field of view, and then move the focus from the actor all the way down the barrel, this would give a nice cinematic revealing shot.
During the process I learned that you should follow the same procedure on set up every time. The procedures I usually use are; Take the tripod out of the bag, and adjust it to the appropriate height for filming. Then Bubble the camera so that it is level. Attach the lens, and other neccacary accessories, before attaching the quick release plate to the bottom of the camera. After ensuring all the parts are together I can then carefully push in the tab, and slide in the quick release plate in, attached on the bottom of the camera. I then tighten the bolt finger tight. I would then insure, that the camera had sufficient storage space, and battery. By following these steps every time it minimizes mistakes, and errors that could occur.
During the recording I came across several issues, the main one was getting everyone to agree on the same idea, to solve this issue I could get everyone to sit-down at a table and discuss before the filming was to occur, this it would save time, with the on set quibbles.
If I was to do the task again, I would of planned everything beforehand, this would minimize last minute decisions on set, it would also give better, and more orchestrated results.
This task taught me a lot, and prepared me for planning, and preparing for the coming thriller. I learned that you should storyboard very accurately, this helps a lot for making everyone aware of the current situation, in regards to the shots. It is important to go to the location before hand, and mark were every shot is going to be exactly in relation to the room, and the character placement.
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