Prelim Task Evaluation

My group worked in the Old Edit Suite above the studio, this worked well as a shooting area because the space wasn't too large or too small and there was a door that was neccessary for the scene we were shooting.
There were only three people in our group and we took it in turns filming. I set up the camera whilst my two team mates set up the tri-pod we all helped to bubble the camera and then we took it in turns to play director, camera man and brianstormer of ideas. We each filmed a shot and we each gave one of our own shot ideas.
It was a two lighting set-up, one for each character in the scene, and it was soft and light. This created a romantic atmosphere because of the softness of it, also the shadows made the whole scene seem more interesting.
In terms of the actual filming, we made sure we had the camera bubbled before each shot and we kept the camera level with actor it was shooting which sometimes meant we had to change the angle and level because our male actor is quite tall. However, we made sure we stayed in focus and the shot stayed in frame.
We made sure that at all times the lighting equipment was out of the way, and we chose appropriate angles for the shots such as a close up of the male lead's mouth saying ''Do it!'' this made him seem domineering and in control and so was apropriate.
We were careful to shoot the whole sequence through with each shot, for example, we shot the whole thing with a wide shot about twice, we then moved on to a head and shoulders shot of the whole sequence and after theat we went on to the cjlose ups. However, we did forget to do a mid shot sequence of the whole thing...
The 180 degree rule was not really thought about to be honest because we had a wall behind the actors anyway so we didnt need to worry about it.
Appropriate terminology was used throughout and we made sure we shot the 30 seconds of colour bar before hand and shouted action and cut at the right times.
I enjoyed this preliminary task because it showed me what it is really like to work on a set and to call the shots, literally. :)