We started our prelim task in a group of 3, with 2 people acting and one of us filming and directing. I was the joint director/cameraman in our group and shot the footage for our prelim task on the Sony FS100. We were given a storyboard with some dialogue and a variety of different shots on it and I recreated these by directing the actors in my group. For each shot we did, we ran the whole scene, so that when we edit it we can have a variety of options for cutting together shots.
We first shot our medium shot, which gives an audience a sense of a story and has a conversational feel. I did this by setting up the camera relatively far away from my actors and getting them to hit marks laid out with tape to ensure they were both in the shot. Next I filmed an over the shoulder shot of both of the actors, which gives a sense of the actors point of view and adds realism, as you are seeing exactly what the character sees. I did this by placing the camera behind each actor from a slightly higher angle to get the best framing. After this I did close ups of the actors faces. These shots were my favorite as they have a very personal feel and can make the actor look very vulnerable or very powerful depending on their facial expression and the mood of the piece. I did this by zooming in the camera and making sure I was very finely focused, as close ups are not very forgiving if they're not in focus.
After filming all the shots we were required to film, we decided to film some extra shots to make our final product more interesting. I got my actor to walk through a door and out of the frame and then back through to make the audience think she was entering and leaving the room through a door even though she wasn't. I really enjoyed filming and directing our piece and feel that I learned valuable skills to help me in filming my thriller.
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