Preliminary Excercise

this was the first piece of camera work that i did on the media course, looking back on it now, it is clear to see how far i have come with my knowledge and understanding of making and editing a film. The range of shots used in this preliminary excercise is very limited, using just the basic, close-up and mid shot's. this is due to the lack of understanding for other angles and shots, and what they represent or mean and what they say about a particular character or person. Armed with the very basic of knowledge and a camera and a boom microphone, i set out with the intention of creating a peice of footage simply containing two people walking into a room, sitting down and talking. there were a few continuity problems that we had to solve during the filming, like how to make sure the actors keep their hands in the place in every shot, and making sure the door handle is opened the right way, for example the male actor in our peice opened the door, and in the background there was a clearly visible empty chair, then as he walked into the room and we shot from the inside, there was a female actor sitting in the chair suddenly, we had a few minor obsticals like that to overcome. the main thing i learnt from the preliminary excercise was the undersstanding of the 180 degree line, rule of thirds, leaving handles and other simple techniques that can all improve the way a peice is shot and editied. With that using being the first time we ever used the editing softwhere, we were very amature and stuck to the most basic of editing styles we needed, pretty much just the cutting.