Shooting the Preliminary task

This was the final product of our preliminary task. We set up the camera on the tripod making sure everything was secure and ensuring the spirit bubble was level in order to achieve a steady shot. We ensured the shot was framed correctly each time and made sure the rest of the equipment was in shot. We planned over the shoulder shots and shot reverse shots to show the conversation between the two. We ensured we kept to the 180 degree rule so that continuity wasn't ruined and used the appropriate terminology so that everyone who had a role on set knew what was going. We made sure we had the right exposure, white balance and focus. The first shot was a swish pan close up of the feet under the table, we filmed this by taking the tripod off and filming the whole thing so we had footage to work into in editing. The next angle is a medium two shot because it has two people in it but its only of the head and shoulders, we filmed this on the tripod to secure a steady filming. When we see the headphones get slammed down we had a match on action to draw the audiences attention to the action. After this we see another mid two shot of the pair to secure continuity in our clip and allow the speech to spoken without cuts to angles in the middle of it. Soon after we use an over the shoulder shot cut to medium shot cut to reverse over the shoulder shot, to show that these two are having a conversation and so the viewer can see the reactions of the two. We then see a close up as the last line is said to add emphasis to it and then a still shot as he walks away.

It was all shot in a media classroom at hurtwood house which worked well as a high tech looking workplace. I filmed the swish pan under the table and offered suggestions to what shots to use. We had a dim soft lighting to illuminate the characters without making the scene look too artificial. This worked to help the scene look ominous and was effective in helping the scene look a little mysterious.
I have learnt that the spirit level of the tripod in filming is very important and how to focus a camera for the whole shot. I have also learnt about how important exposure and frames per second are for creating a realistic scene or blurring actions.