In this class we had a challenge shoot. We had to shoot from four different angles of a scene with two people talking to each other about copying. It was a race against the clock to see if we were able to finish shooting everything, and then come back to capture the video onto the computer and then edit the film in time. We didn't get to edit our film in the end because there were many things we needed to know about Final Cut Pro in order to edit successfully but everyone managed to finish filming in time. I was worried we wouldn't be able to make it because last year when we were filming we took a long time. It could have been because we weren't as focused or we just didn't have exact guidelines to shoot from so we kept making changes. This time my group and I were very organized and focused. I think having the perimeters of the shoot set was extremely helpful, for the first shoot at least. I also felt more professional and I felt that it just looked clean, not like last year when we weren't really sure what to do and just based everything on instinct.
I also think that I gained a deeper insight to the movie world during this shoot. It was really funny when we were watching the playback, to see the mistakes we made either because we forgot our lines or we messed up because we started laughing. I can imagine this is what real actors do sometimes, and I know that it takes a lot of takes to get just one short scene perfect. I also learned that directors shoot the same scene over and over again from many different angles so that they can cut it to create different effects. I never really understood how they did that in movies; I always thought there was multiple cameras in different positions and they got the footage like that. I have a bigger appreciation for actors as well now, because just think how many times they have to act a scene to suit the directors, and be able to get their lines and their expressions just right.
I think that next time we could be more aware of lighting and sound. We could have chosen somewhere more quiet or somewhere with less background noise so that the audio can be clearer. I don't think it was affected that much because we didn't shoot in the area where it was loudest, as we made the mistake of doing last year, but I think there could have been better areas to shoot in. The lighting could also have been improved a little bit because when we were playing back I thought we could have shot on the other side of the Quiet Zone as we wouldn't have been in the shadows there; but the lighting wasn't too bad. There were many times where we had to stop and adjust our positions because the camera lenses couldn't get in our faces, and also when it was a close up/medium close up and we had to zoom in enough to get it to that kind of shot. I had a lot of fun shooting and I'm really glad I'm learning more and more about how to film, and especially what I should or shouldn't do in order to get it right.
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