Practical Shoot : Priminanly Task 8th October

Today we were sent to our designated places in order to shoot a short movie placed on a storyboard we were given. We were split into groups of four , and we had to find two willing actors , to act out the lead roles.
The setup we had to work with was a room with a desk , a gun , handcuffs , a chain of keys. We also had a light , to create differnt effects . We didnt use the light we were given instead we used a normal desk lamp as it gave off a more glarey feel . And it felt like it was based late in the eveing .
We chose our girl to be sitting down at the desk , with a sheet of paper and a pen in hand . As she sat there writing a man opens a door and approaches her . As he walks over to the desk he leans down and put his hand forward and lays down a gun on the desk . There is then dialogue and the man stands up and leaves . We started with our wide shots and then we moved onto over the shoulder ones and lastly doing all the closeups . We took each shot on the story board about 3 or 4 times so we will hopefuylly have alot to work with in the editing suite when we piece all the film together next week . We then had time to go and do some extra shots of the extract . We did some cut aways , some more close ups and even some extreme closeups of the peoples faces and the gun its self . We also added a POV shot of the girl by placing the camera in the position she was and having the male actor look directly at the camera lense .
I really enjoyed this task and I think it was alot better than the last one we did last week and defiently more enjoyable , and this has given me a better insight into camera shots , directing , lighting and being a camera man . The 4 most important things for making a movie .

Camera

The Camera is a is an obvious piece of kit needed to shoot a film . Because The battery icomn on the top right of the camera shows how much time the battery has left.
The time code (__-__-__) shows how many jours , minutes and seconds of film you have already recorded and it also shows your FPS , (Frames Per Second)
The number 16:9 shows the Aspect ratio .
DVCAM 48K means Digital Video Camera , 48 K is the Sound quality of which the camera films at .
The Number 50 stands for the shutter speed , a faster shutter speed means a smoother . This great for action movies or anything that needs a fast FPS rate.
A really important setting Is the Sun symbol and the lightbulb . If you are inside you use the lightbulb and likewise if you are outside you use the sun Otherwise everything will be either under exposed or over exposed.

Introduction To The Studio

We did our studio work in the first lesson. We used the studio to pretend taht we were in an interview.Different people had different roles of using the camera , the lighting ,the interviewer and the the actual person being interviewed.
We were given a few questions , and we were given a few minutes to think of some answers , before we were swept away to the studio . The studio space was quite dim and not very big making it a perfect set up . Three lights were used, The lights were used , with one on the face of the person being interviewed the others on the interviewer and behind him/her .The . A BB170 camera was used to film this extract and it was filmed on a wide shot so the audience could see the scene clearly (mise en scene).
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Tripods

We learnt about tripods , These are used to keep the cameras in a stable position while we film . It is easy to adjust the angle , tilt and make it easier to do steadier pans . There are many differnt knobs and adjustments .

The main 9 parts are :

1) The Camera Plate

2) Tilt lock

3)Pan & Tilt bar

4)Tilt tension lever

5)Pan Lock

6)Quick release lever

7)Level Adjustment

8)Height locks

9)Spreader

Introduction To Photoshop

Photoshop is a piece of software that we use to edit and manipulate images to our liking. It is mainly used for photography , but it is also used in media , to make film posters.