PRELIMINARY TASK EVALUATION

MY GROUP FILMED OUR PRELIMINARY TASK IN THE OLD EDITING SUITE.THIS LOCATION WORKED WELL WHEN FILMING AS THE ENTRANCE AND EXIT DOOR FOR CHARACTER A, WAS WITHIN 180 DEGREES OF CAMERA SO PANNING TO FOLLOW THE ACTORS ENTRANCE AND EXIT WAS NOT NECESSARY AND WE COULD EASILY SHOOT AT WIDE ANGLE AND LET ALL THE ACTION FLOW THROUGH THE STEADY SHOT. A DOWN SIDE TO OUR SET WAS THAT IT WASN’T AESTHETICALLY PLEASING, AS THE ROOM CONSISTED OF OLD WIRES AND LOOKED A BIT SHABBY. I MADE A VERY HIGH CONTRIBUTION TO THE GROUP COMING UP WITH A LARGE NUMBER OF INTERESTING EXTRA SHOTS, ALWAYS MADE SURE THAT THE CAMERA SETTINGS WERE CORRECT AND CHANGING THEM WHEN THEY WERE NOT.

A TWO LIGHTING SET UP WAS USED FOR ALL THE TAKES. WE POSITIONED THE TWO ACTORS IN EACH LIGHT AS THEY ARE THE MAIN FOCUS IN THE SHOT AND HAD TO BE SEEN CLEARLY. SOFT LIGHTING WAS USED TO CREATE A ROMANTIC EFFECT TO FIT WITH THE FEEL FOR THE PIECE, THIS WAS IMPORTANT AS IT CONTRIBUTED TO ESTABLISHING THE GENRE TO THE AUDIENCE.

THERE ARE MANY FACTORS THAT WENT INTO MAKING OUR PRELIMINARY TASK AS PROFESSIONAL AS POSSIBLE.

CAMERA SETTING-
1.FOCUS- HAVING A CLEAR SHARP SHOT.
2.DBS SET TO 0- GIVING CORRECT LIGHTING IN SHOT.
3.SHUTTER SPEED- 50, THE MOST COMMONLY USED SETTING GIVING THE CLEAREST SHOT.
4.LIGHT BULB – LIGHT BULB WAS USED RATHER THAN SUNSHINE AS IT WAS SHOT INSIDE.
5.APERTURE OF 2.8- GIVING GOOD LIGHTING.

TRIPOD-
1.WE MADE SURE THAT THE TRIPOD WAS LEVEL SO THAT THE CAMERA IS STEADY AND STRAIGHT.
2.KEEPING THE CAMERA SAFE.

LIGHT-
1.MAKING SURE IT WAS NOT IN SHOT.
2.MAKING SUE CREW MEMBER WERE NOT BLOCKING THE LIGHT- IF THE LIGHTS ARE BLOCKED THE SHOTS WOULD NOT ALL LOOK THE SAME.

CAMERA ANGLES-
1. WE USED DIFFERENT ANGLES FOR EXAMPLE A CLOSE UP OF ACTOR A'S MOUTH SAYING HIS LINES,IT MADE WHAT HE WAS SAYING LOOK MEANINGFUL AND POWERFUL.
2. SHOOTING A AT A LOW ANGLE AND B AT A HIGH ANGLE SHOULD AS POWER AND BS INNOCENCE.

PLANNING/STORYBOARD-
1. WHEN WE WERE GIVEN OUR STORYBOARD WE NOTICED THAT A LOT OF THE SHOTS WERE SHOT AT THE SAME ANGLES SO WE DECIDED TO FILM THE WHOLE ACTION IN WIDE SHOT, MID SHOT, CLOSE UP AND OVER THE SHOULDER. MEANING THAT WE COULD SHOOT THE SEPARATE SHOTS IN QUICK SUCCESSION, WITHOUT ANY ADDED EXTRA HASSLE.

GOOD TEAM WORK-
1. WE USED TERMS SUCH AS STANDBY, ROLLING AND ACTION TO LET EVERYONE KNOW WHAT WAS GOING ON AND TO KEEP EVERYONE INVOLVED.

THE PRELIMINARY WORK TAUGHT ME THAT THERE IS A LOT OF FACTORS THAT GO INTO FILM MAKING, FROM CAMERA AND LIGHTING SETTING, TO ACCURATE DIRECTING. ONE THING THAT I FOUND REALLY USEFUL WAS THE FILMING OF THE WHOLE ACTION AT DIFFERENT ANGLES INSTEAD OF CHANGING THE POSITION OF THE CAMERA FOR EVERY SHOT IT SAVES SO MUCH TIME! THE TASK WAS VERY ENJOYABLE BUT AT THE SAME TIME HARD WORK TO MAKE SURE EVERYTHING IS AS ACCURATE AS POSSIBLE.