Today we got into groups of three and filmed a short journey using as many different camera shots as possible. My group decided to film the journey of Joe going too the toilet. This allowed us to use many different shots such as a wide panning shot, and a worm’s eye view shot.
We began the lesson by looking at the equipment we would be using, the cameras and tripods. We had to learn how to load a tape, switch the camera to VCR or Camera mode, film footage and zoom. We also had to learn how to adjust the legs and many different parts of the tripod.
As Paige and I had used the cameras before in our GCSE media lessons, we were quite comfortable with it. We used the tripod for the wide panning shots and used a hand held technique for worms eye and close up shots. We didn’t find it particularly difficult to think of different shots to use, but learned in the process how useful tripods are. Many of the hand held shots had to be re-filmed several times because the shot was shaky or slightly out of focus.
We also faced the problem of continuity. One shot was filmed with the bags put on the grass in a certain way. We moved the bags before we realised we needed to re-do the shot. This meant we had to re-watch the footage and try and line the bags up exactly as they had been before.
We enjoyed using the cameras and coming up with different interesting shots, for example, when Joe was coming down the stairs Paige sat at the bottom step and managed to get a low angle of his feet. We also managed to get a birds eye view of Joe walking through the foyer by standing on the balcony which was above the foyer.
Overall it was quite a successful project, as it reacquainted me and Paige with the cameras and tripod, and allowed Joe to use them for the first time. Once we corrected the problems we had we managed to get the prelim finished to a level which we were satisfied with.
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