Our preliminary task consisted of us filming the two way conversation. The key task of the lesson was to learn how familiarize ourselves with the camera, and learn about the technical techniques and setting accurately, for instance, the framing, focus, the composition of shots and the continuity. The objectives were also to practice and understand the concept of constructing a narrative sequence using the method of continuity editing. We also learnt how to produce footage, known as (rushes), which could be digitalized allowing us to cut and log our timeline, using non-linear editing. During the process of shooting, our preliminary task, there were 4 main technical areas that we had to pay close attention to.
These areas were camera angles, story boarding, sound and the 180 degree Rule. Even though there are many more techniques that are also important to consider during filming like mise-en-scene and lighting, we concentrated on these specific aspects because we were only filming a basic task and we didn’t have to worry about the lighting or how to construct mice-en-scene. We were constantly adjusting and changing the settings on the camera. To try and maintain the set up of constant filming is an important objective. We had to check and make sure that the camera was set on a tripod and leveled properly; this was succeeded by making sure the spirit bubble was inside the small circle. Using the tripod meant that we were abele to film tilts and pans fluently and aspires to higher production values. One key technical area that we had to take into consideration was the composition and framing of each shot. When we set the camera up for every individual shot, we had to set up the focus, to peruse this; we had to make sure manual focus was on through out the filming.
Zooming in to the furthest in, allowing the camera to focus, then zooming back out meant that everything between the camera and the point we zoomed into was in focus. During the process of positioning the shots we had to take into account whether we were giving the subject sufficient head space, also talking, walking, and looking space. When it comes to finding the rite angles we had to consider the effect that they might make, such as high low angles which affect the status of the subject as perceived be the audience. Before we were abele to start filming we had to make sure all of the settings on the camera were all correct. These settings included, making sure that that the white balance is set to the rite kind of light (inside-artificial, outside-natural) the exposure is set to the rite level letting the rite degree of light through the lens for that particular shot. Almost making sure that you let the tape run for approximately 30 seconds before you start filming onto it, this is so that when a tape has been played a lot, and the beginning can stretch and deteriorate and glitch, destroying or making initial shots unusable. The sound that we recorded was produced using a mic that was mounted on the top of the camera, we used was a directional microphone, but because it was constantly pointing the some way as the camera there was no need to redirection the mic. We also had to make sure that the sound on the camera set to the correct setting so that the sound on the camera didn’t sound appears peaking or sound distorted.
This story boarding techniques provides a technical account of shot, action, editing transitions, sound, angel, movement, lighting and timing. We were given some examples of story boards which we followed as guidelines; this was to ensure that we didn’t break the continuity link between shots. These were all part of the main aspects that we had to make sure we followed in account during our preliminary task. During our shoot I found out how to combine most of the camera techniques along with other camera angles, personally I think the most affective shot was of extreme close up or (X.C.U.) of Frankie with a tear dripping down her face. This shows the emotion that she is tying to put across to the audience.
In our next task we will be given the challenge in having to deal with lighting sound etc, all of the key point that consist of mise-en-scene. After filming all of this we then had to transport all of these shots onto a computer, we logged all of the basic shots / takes and relocate them onto a program called Final cut pro, and placed all of the good shots onto a time line, we rejected any shots that included actors mistakes, any shots that were out of focus, poorly constructed / composed or broke the 180 degree rule and thus compromised continuity.
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