We started with grasping our location that we were able to film in. Our location was a small, ugly room. I felt this may have restricted our filming technique, all our filming wsa either close up that sdidn't show any of the mess or wide angles were we could move the camera round to a blank wall. The rooms only advantage was the blank canvases on the walls, the lack or paint and art allowed as to cmopletely concentrate on the acting and filming. Even though the room was not perfect, it did have the essentials; a door, blank walls and room for the camera and actresses to move around freely in. My task in the group was not the director nor the one that would sit back and give any ideas or not to get involved. I found myself discussing different ideas with my group members and sometimes disagreeing and trying to persuade them that my idea was better for our film. I tried to get involved that helped my other members but I did not want to be so overwelming that others didn't have a chance to give their own ideas. I accepted and lsitened to others ideas and helped them to develop their idea which could be filmed.
Our room consisted of two lights. We were able to move them around the camera, as well as the height and diretion of the light. This prevented out filming from being too dark or over exposed. These lights gave shadowing to both of our actresses. At first I wanted to remove these but I was told hsadwoing gives dramtic effect. As we progressed I started liking these shadows more and thought it gave a more realistic feel to the clip. All the lighting was quite hard and sharp becuase of the light bulbs, but once again this gave a sense of realism to the clip.
With reference to the filming, we correclty set up the camera and the tripod which we connected together and kept together throughout all filming. Within each scene, we changed the height of the tripod to give different views, but we never had to take the camera off of the tripod. Even when we shot low, we simply spread the tripod out and lowered it. The tripod really helped to keep the frame straight in every scene, and we made sure this was true by using the "bubble." This allowed every angle and shot to be straight and structured. As I said before, the lighting created very dark shadowing; for my group we found this a disadvantage when it came to the camera and ourselves. When we were all crowding round the camera and observing what wsa happening, we found our own shadows were disturbing the shot this meant only one of us could control the camera. Our angling at first was influenced by the storyboard that we were given and we filmed each scene to the appropriate angles. After, we had more time to add more angles and shots to our clip that later we could cut into our film. We started to bring in new ideas of different extreme close ups and wide shots. One idea was to film the actresses feet, that we could quickly cut in to increase the atmosphere. To do this, we loosened the screws of the lower part of the tripod and spread the feet to lower the angle shot. We also shot extreme close ups of the door handle and the quick motion of the actress exiting. This added dramatic effect that emphasizes the actions of the actresses and the scene. I was not completely aware of the 180 degree rule through out the prcess, but my other group members changed the camera angle to prevent breaking the 180 degree rule. Stephanie, whom recorded the action always said "Stand By, Rolling...Cut" This helped everyone in the room to keep quiet and aware of when we were filming and also allowed the actresses to completely concentrate on their scene.
Overall, our practical film making went well and though our group worked well together to share ideas and efficiently produce the short clip.
Editing
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