Preliminary Task - Miss Miller

Intro:

The members of my group include Chloe Eustace and Elizabeth Lawrie. The purpose of this task was to have an idea of how we will film our opening sequence working with different shots and angles, as well as getting used to the equipment and how it works. I had to film the other 2 members of our group having a conversation but using the different shooting and angle techniques to give an example of what needs to be included in our opening sequence. The sequence was roughly 1-2 minutes long after we had cut the parts which weren't necessary, after this was done we watched back the clip and we reliesed that our filming was successful.

Main:


We used quite a few different camera techniques whilst filming, such as; close up, over the shoulder, reverse shot and zoom in/out. I also had to change the length of the tripod a couple of times for the different shots to work and change the angle of the camera by tilting it up and down. What i felt me and my group did well whilst filming was that we tried to make the conversation flow as much as possible by adding humour to it, we did not want the scene to look scripted which i think we pulled off. The one thing we struggled with the most was working out how to use the tripod as i kept on having to change the length of it, this took a bit of time but we managed to use it well and correctly. I know that if we had more space to film the sequence, we wouldn't of struggled as much as i had to keep changing the position of the camera for the 2 actors to be filmed correctly in each different camera technique. I know our group will not have this problem when we film our thriller sequence as we will be in a forest and will have all the space that we need and now we know how to use the camera and tripod it should make it a lot easier for us. I feel that having a good thriller setting I feel will definitely help me to produce my opening sequence as that alone helps to create a good thriller scene, it is essential to create thrill for the audience and that can not be done if it isn't in an conventional setting. When i watched the footage back that we filmed i reliesed that some of the camera angles and shots used could of been better but i did struggle bait with the space so i had to keep moving the camera around the room to use the camera techniques correctly but overall i was pleased as it was our first practise filming and using the camera.

Conclusion:

This task has created a massive impact on our opening sequence as I now have a clear understanding of how and when to use different shots/angles, if we didn't have this task, i feel me and my group would struggle knowing how to use them in our opening sequence, this will help to create an impact on the audience. What i mostly learnt from this task was how to set up the tripod, which i have never done before and to use the camera, knowing which parts i had to stop to for example change the angle that the camera is facing or changing the length of the tripod. It also helped to show me how my group can act behind the camera, this is essential as we wouldn't want our thriller sequence to seem fake and unrealistic. In this task, we all out our own ideas forward to how we should of filmed that sequence, so thats one thing that we are hoping to keep the same when filming the thriller sequence. This time, what me and my group will do differently is trying to make each part that we are filming as accurate as possible, so we will keep watching the clip back to see any bits that need to be changed or improved.