As I have never done any form media before, I learnt quite a lot by doing this exercise.
During the filming, I picked up on a few things regarding acting, lighting and how the camera works.
Firstly, while filming, you have to make sure that everything is the same if you repeat that scene, or start a next scene from that point. For example, if you film someone coming down the corridor then stopping at a door that is closed, you have to make sure that the next scene starts with the same door and have it closed. We made an error of having the door open and then closed, and it wasn't until we watched it back that we realised that the mistake was made.
Lighting has to be well constructed as well. If an area is too dark, then faces and objects will not be clear to the audience. If natural light is not available, then artifical light should be used.
The first thing you mentioned is described by the term 'continuity'. You are right, it is very important to pay attention to this in filming.
ReplyDeleteLighting is also an area in amateur productions that can really let you down as we don't have expensive lighting kit. We do have two lighting kits that you can borrow from the department by prior arrangement though.
The understanding you are describing is Level 2 work, which I presume you can demonstrate in your preliminary exercise. The blog post is Level 1, because you have not made use of any of the capabilities of the blog to illustrate the ideas you discuss with images or video.
You should also have more posts than this by now. I hope that you will give me your new blog url tomorrow and the new work will be there. If not, please attend coursework catchup on Tuesday afternoon in C21 to get back on track.