Studio lesson 2
In our second studio lesson we learnt more about the basic principles of film making, including the '180 degree rule'. The 180 degree rule is the fact that if you film something from the left then you can not go 180 degrees past otherwise you look like you have switched the direction of the object which you are filming. Matt used the example of a toy bike which he moved from left to right, right to left repeatedly and the camera made it look as if two different bikes were colliding with each other.
Continuity is ensuring that all the shots are consistent throughout a sequence, ie the actor uses the same hand to pick up the object every time. This is very important because otherwise the sequence will look messy and unrealistic.
We also learnt how to shoot sequences by going through various stages of taking different shot types to put together in a sequence.
My group and I shot a simple sequence of someone walking into a room, sitting down then walking out again. We took various shots from various angles, including a shot of her feet, one of her torso, one of her face and another of her whole body from a high angle.
Along the way Matt gave us various pieces of advice, including that we shouldn't watch back the footage whilst on set because it wastes time - and thus money - and also it can sometimes make the actors feel unnecessarily self conscious.
A 'focus pull' is when one changes the lens' focus distance in order to keep a moving object in sharp focus or to focus on two different things.
Continuity is ensuring that all the shots are consistent throughout a sequence, ie the actor uses the same hand to pick up the object every time. This is very important because otherwise the sequence will look messy and unrealistic.
We also learnt how to shoot sequences by going through various stages of taking different shot types to put together in a sequence.
My group and I shot a simple sequence of someone walking into a room, sitting down then walking out again. We took various shots from various angles, including a shot of her feet, one of her torso, one of her face and another of her whole body from a high angle.
Along the way Matt gave us various pieces of advice, including that we shouldn't watch back the footage whilst on set because it wastes time - and thus money - and also it can sometimes make the actors feel unnecessarily self conscious.
A 'focus pull' is when one changes the lens' focus distance in order to keep a moving object in sharp focus or to focus on two different things.
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