Prior to this task, both me and Ali had no filming experience and were newborns in this important branch of media . With a short time left after a few technical problems we were forced to familiarise with our equipment , and we did so with passion. I took up the camera man role and Ali acted. At first mistakes were frequent but these helped us improve , both individually and as a group. After being briefed with a preliminary success criteria containing an over the shoulder shot , a match on action which consisted of a person (Ali) exiting/entering through a door and coming out the other side escalating the films continuity and realism ,an exchange of dialogue and character movement we began rapidly. Some barriers had fallen into our path i.e. me being both camera man and actor almost simultaneously was impossible and for this reason we gave the call of duty to Soukina (a female friend) who took the role of canteen staff. She served Ali with food and a beverage , both actors were recorded by me with the 180degree commandment fully reinforced. A close-up was also used to emphasise the money exchange and further reinforce realism. All in all we were pleased with our hard work and had absorbed a lot of cinematic/filming knowledge. We never knew it took so much time to produce the films we effortlessly watch in cinema's , this was only our preliminary and we were our gasping for breath. For this reason our respect for producers, film companies and actors has escalated hugely and we no more take the fantastic films of today's industry for granted.
Tuesday, 8 February 2011
Preliminary Task
Prior to this task, both me and Ali had no filming experience and were newborns in this important branch of media . With a short time left after a few technical problems we were forced to familiarise with our equipment , and we did so with passion. I took up the camera man role and Ali acted. At first mistakes were frequent but these helped us improve , both individually and as a group. After being briefed with a preliminary success criteria containing an over the shoulder shot , a match on action which consisted of a person (Ali) exiting/entering through a door and coming out the other side escalating the films continuity and realism ,an exchange of dialogue and character movement we began rapidly. Some barriers had fallen into our path i.e. me being both camera man and actor almost simultaneously was impossible and for this reason we gave the call of duty to Soukina (a female friend) who took the role of canteen staff. She served Ali with food and a beverage , both actors were recorded by me with the 180degree commandment fully reinforced. A close-up was also used to emphasise the money exchange and further reinforce realism. All in all we were pleased with our hard work and had absorbed a lot of cinematic/filming knowledge. We never knew it took so much time to produce the films we effortlessly watch in cinema's , this was only our preliminary and we were our gasping for breath. For this reason our respect for producers, film companies and actors has escalated hugely and we no more take the fantastic films of today's industry for granted.
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