We've started this week by focusing on elements of composition to get the right type of shot for the right scene that we're trying to portray. We watched a pretty good, informative video explaining some of the concepts in class.
Some intriguing things which stood out to me were the use of "flat" frames without much use of depth to portray a dissatisfactory situation - such as a character feeling lonely, or having a boring job etc.
The examples in the video gave us a bit to think about on composing frames using colour, positioning and even shape. Another interesting thing to keep in mind for
So now we're starting an exercise of making a 5-Shot film sequence, to tell the story of something happening.
My group (myself, Aaron Askew, Nicola Abbott) decided to go with the action of someone grabbing something out of their locker at course.
- Establishing Wide Shot (character walks down hallway)
- Over-shoulder shot (focused on the lockers)
- Extreme close up on lock (hands unlocking it)
- Over-shoulder shot (Grabbing book out of locker)
- Mid Shot (character puts the sheet of paper in their bag
The shooting of the shots was easy enough when we got a grasp of the camera, but had some difficulties.
Editing the clip and putting it together was easy, too.
Our biggest criticism was that the camerawork was "shaky", but this was due to us not having a tri-pod at the time we shot it and having difficulty. Annoyance in the lighting of our scene (having no natural light).
Editing the clip and putting it together was easy, too.
Our biggest criticism was that the camerawork was "shaky", but this was due to us not having a tri-pod at the time we shot it and having difficulty. Annoyance in the lighting of our scene (having no natural light).
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