Preliminary task:
Recently after being given a tutorial on how to use the media/film equipment (Camera. Tripod, Editing software). all the group in the class were given a task to create a small film sequence having any theme of genre. The class was split into groups of three, which our teacher had organised. Everyone in the group had to take part and have a particular role when filming.
With two actors chosen for the task 'Stephan' and 'Anthony', i took on the role, being the cameraman for the task. This gave me the opportunity to give my final thoughts on what was just recorded and what should be recorded. With me being the cameraman, this allowed me to be a team leader during the task. however when filming, there was a lack of consistency to getting the right shot, whether being P.O.V, Longshot, Medium shot etc. For example one minute I'd capture a great medium shot, but struggle to get an effect shot reverse shot. Also, because of the lack of communication I had at the start, less work was made, causing us to create a short sequence with very little footage.
Overall there were more preferred shots, then there were of disapproved shots, for example the use of the close up shot of our character opening the door, followed by a cut into a medium shot of him entering the new location. However when reaching the editing process of our short sequence a problem occurred when, our character would teleport on the screen for a second, then carrying on walking. This was due to the lack of effort put into our editing time. The problem hadn't been resolved, because we didn't have enough time to. To avoid these future problems instead of recording the entire scene in one take, we shall pause at certain points to record at desired shot types. Another problem is the interference involving the micro phone when filming, because the microphone wasn't attachable with the filming camera. When recording there were moments of the microphone appearing at either the left or right hand side of the screen, causing further interference to capture diegetic sound.
Even though there were issues, being in charge of capturing the right shots, allowed me to experiment onto how certain shots, could be captured more effectively. Also when proceeding with the editing process this also allowed the group and I to discuss what we like and didn't like for future reference when recording our actual opening sequenceImprovement is well needed for a better impact for our opening sequence. This will requirement immediate communication when filming. Then the use of repeated checks of what was captured to provide satisfactory results from all members of the group.
If we were giving the chance to repeat the exact same task, a better success rate to satisfaction with our audience would be gained, because of the further practice we have had with teachers and observations of online tutorials on YouTube, for professional techniques. Our task would definitely be more successful then what is displayed to you below.
Preliminary Task Below:
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