On Wednesday in our lesson, Mrs Williams' friend who is a camera man came in to critique our Preliminary tasks and instruct us on how to make the perfect film opening. He also showed us how he would film our Preliminary tasks and corrected us on our mistakes.
What I learnt from him about how to make the perfect film opening:
- To maintain headroom and to either have a mid shot, close up or a shot of the whole person, not in between, especially as they were walking away from the camera.
- To film at each persons eye line.
- To use up as much space as possible to avoid empty spaces which are not needed.
- To call for action after rolling the camera in order to capture all of the action - you can always cut the director saying "action" during the editing stage.
- Never cross the 180 degree line.
- Finish each shot completely before cutting.
- Frame the shot when a person sits down.
- Have the camera at the correct height.
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