Tuesday, November 7, 2023

Preliminary Exercise 12: Camera Movement Videos

 Introduction

In this assignment I had to complete my story board assignment by producing 6 videos. I was an the actor/subject in the shots and i used my laptop and mouse as a props for one of the shots. Me and my teammates agreed to using static, tracking and zooming because it seemed easier for us to manage unlink other options like a boom shot or arc shot. Those shots would have required something similar to a crane or jib which my team don't have access to while the latter had been more difficult form my name since its more challenging to pull off. Random movement, trucking, and push in were added options for something more fun and interesting.

Videos

Video#1: Zoom in


Action Line: Person typing on computer

Shot size: Canted shot

Camera angle: shoulder level

Framing: One shot

Composition: Focus

Tone: Casual


Video #2: Push In


Action line: Camera zooms in on a board

Shot size: Establishing shot

Camera angle: Low angle

Framing: Insert shot

Composition: Shallow focus

Tone: Casual


Video #3: Static

Action line: Someone standing

Shot size: Master shot

Camera angle: Shoulder level

Framing: One shot

Composition: Shallow focus

Tone: Casual


Video #4: Tracking



Action line: Person walking to a car

Shot size: Wide shot

Camera angle: Knee level

Framing: One shot

Composition: Rule of thirds

Tone: Serious


Video #5: Random movement 

Action line: Clock ticking

Shot size: Close up

Camera angle: Canted

Framing: One shot

Composition: Shallow focus

Tone: Energetic


Video #4: Trucking


https://youtu.be/4lOeh1NFaZA?si=5wnhYl5DxkBaRuA

Action line: Person opening a door

Shot size: Medium close up

Camera angle: Shoulder level

Framing: One shot

Composition: Shallow focus

Tone: Serious


Reflection

I discovered that camerawork is not simple and is quite difficult when it comes to figuring out the necessary shots and angles. One of my teammates handled drawing the storyboard and creating the YouTube videos/links, but we ran into a slight issue so I had to handle that issue. I was the actor in the shots taken while my other teammate was the cameraman. The cameraman had found it difficult to hold the camera steady when we took the static shot, especially since we don't have a tripod for the footage. We all worked together with research on camera movement and communicated about we can and can't do while making changes to our storyboard to compensate for what we can't do. In all, we believe we did a decent job as a team despite the challenges we faced in the process.

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