Prelim Task Evaluation

The location the boys decided to film in was the media classroom. for our task, the classroom created a great office feel with the desks and chairs and general coffee cups and other bits and pieces. the light was also nice up against the white board, creating nice shadows and 3 D feelings. the 2 tear lighting was well used around the desk and chairs, also catching the background desks as well, making the scene more realistic. I was in charge of set arrangement and getting the actors into place, creating a believable scene, I also had some good ideas for the shot choice, such as follow shots and the CCTV camera shot when the victim scribbles help, in the hope of someone seeing on television, this turned out to be our favorite shot as a group. but overall, i worked on all areas on the set which will set me in good steed for making my thriller in January.

My thoughts towards lighting where that the two tired lighting system created a verisimilitude of a classroom. This gave a real life feeling to our scene and made it all generally more believable. This proved effective as the scene was given a really realistic feeling, this worked as it was believable.

We set the camera up correctly by attaching it onto the tripod, we leveled the camera on the tripod and then checked the white balance, aperture, that the rule of thirds was apparent and made sure the shot was only of the intended set. We repeated this after every shot to keep the high standard of filming (for example, we made sure the lighting equipment was out of the shot). We decided to have 2 over the sholder shots, a close up shot, wide shots, a twin shot and a mid shot to set the scene from various different angles.  

We used a story board to plan out our sceen shots, we started with a wide shot, moving into 2 over the sholder shots and 2 reverse close ups. After we did the basics on the story board, we got quite creative with our shots, getting under the table, up high and even outside the room, to film what a passer bye would see, all adding to the realism of the piece. We conformed to the 180 degree rule, being careful not to break it and keeping it in our minds at all times. Lastly we used appropriate terminology to get everyboady ready for the next shot or take. Saying ‘stand by’ made everybody focus and turn to there jobs on set, saying ‘action!’ made it clear for everybody that the camera was rolling and that everybody should be as silent as possible. The actors would then know to be in character and act in the ways that I told them, using the ideas that I gave them to create a realistic scene.

Summarizing what I have learnt in practical film making, I felt that I learnt what it is like to be on a professional set and that I am capable of doing each job on set.