When planing our thriller we did a
script as well as a basic storyboard (in a earlier post) to just
highlight the main shots and their respective sound and parts of the
script. We also did a filming script to help us further plan the
filming. This helped this in the filming because during the planning
we had decided on the location of the filming and also the majority
of the camera angles to be used. It also helped us on the positioning
of the cameras within the space that we were filming in which was
quite a small space and it was difficult to frame the shots without
getting the other camera in the frame – as we were using two
cameras.
During the filming we kept to the 180°
rule – the rule in filming that says that you should be always be
filming on the same side of the action, whether it be a conversation
with in filming or in sports (to give a few examples) – to not
confuse the audience on who is talking to who. But we also it was not
possible for us to break the rule because of the problems highlighted
above – the fact that the space we were filming in was very small
and therefore we could only place the cameras on onside of the room
without getting the other camera within the frame.
We used a variety of camera angles in
the filming, for example for the opening shot we used a worms eye
view to give the audience a scene that something bad was going to
happen. We also used
a birds eye shot to end the scene with
one of the characters walking off after the conversation. However
during the conversation we used shot-reverse-shot for on run though
of the conversation with my own digital camera and then with one of
the schools film cameras and then we tried filming the conversation
with both camera – one on one person and the one on the other
person – as we thought this would be easer in the edit and produce
a smoother end product.
Finally, during the edit we came up
with a few problems, to start with the footage from my digital camera
wouldn’t work on the editing program (Adobe Premiere Elements 1.0 –
though this was probably because that the program is so old) but we
managed to get the clips from my camera converted to a format that
would work. The next problem was that a lot of the cameras wouldn't
work with the software on the school computers so we had to wait for
the one or two cameras that did work to become free. So in the end we
just used the shot-reverse-shot footage from my camera and edited it
into the final product.
A satisfactory evaluation of your preliminary task. You could have emphasised more strongly that you were the camera man!!! Re the 180 degree rule, this is about not crossing the invisible line of a circle, this if you were filming in a different space which allowed by room for filming you would still have to shoot on the same side so that the audience wouldn't get confused.
ReplyDeleteYou use some excellent high angle shots in your film.