In Wednesdays lesson, we were in studio once again using the cameras but filming this time. We were to film short snippets of different camera shots to create a particular effect of filming something only small and insignificant. We were to capture a few frames of film to create a short intro into the start of a film.
We started off learning the appropriate phrases you would call out if you were working on an actual film set. These phrases were things such as: 'standing by' in response to 'standby', 'rolling' in response to 'roll' and finally 'action' and 'cut' to start and finish the filming. This language would be between the director and camera man. We were then told that most of filming relies on communication as everyone on set needs to be aware of what is happening, things like making the actors aware of where to be and whether they're in the frame etc.
Then, we started to film. I was camera man, and I opened it with an establishing shot, allowing my audience to see the location that I was filming. I then experimented with mid shots, close ups, two shots etc. and these all had particular meanings, and this was to create interest for the audience so they would engage with the different shots, as if you were to shoot all in one frame and all in one angle the film wouldn't work and it would be boring. Camera shots are vital in telling the audience a story.
In some of the shots I used a prop of a broom and this was to represent that one of my characters worked in maintenance. In our previous lesson before this, we learnt about signify and the signifier, and the broom used in the filming was to represent more information about the character.
The shots I shot worked well as they told a story cutting back and forth from different shots, and this worked well. It would introduce a scene, allowing an audience to note the mise en scene, then creating a story in this scene.
I had fun with this lesson as it was fun being able to get involved with filming and directing.
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