our first filming exercise

our first fimling exercise was to film someone reading a newspaper and we had to make it look thrilling by using sound, camera shots and editing.

My group decided to have a person leaning against a pole reading a newspaper and then a girl comes up to the man and asks for the time, and the man realises that there was a missing girl in the newspaper and she looked the same as the girl that asked for the time.

To make the film look thrilling we used a variety of different shots for example: over the shoulder shot showing the article about the missing girl in the newspaper, medium shot showing the girl and the man, we also used close up and point of veiw shots.

we planned this in lesson. we drew a storyboard showing all the shots that we were going to use so that we found it easier and clear to see what and where we were going to film.

while we were filming we came across a few problems. the first problem was that we decided to film outside and the place where we chose to film was very uneven so the camera was bent so we had to keep adjusting the camera to make it straight. Another problem with the location that we chose to film was that it was a very busy place because it was the entrance of the college and there was a lot of distractions and there was a lot of noise because the student were walking in and out of the college.

After we filmed we had to edit the video using 'final cut pro' which was a editing programme. while we were editing i learnt that it is important to count 5 seconds in the beginning and end of a shot so that it allows us to cut the shot to how we want it.