First class as a media practitioner
First class of the semester, we got the chance to practice using the camera in groups. Paul showed us several basic things we have to know when using the camera such as, the right way to carry the camera, how to use focal length, why ‘zebra’ has to be used when recording etc. I have learnt some basic things from this class, which enhanced me to understand a bit better about how film making is quite hard and complicated when it comes to things like using as camera. As I always have been interested in film making, this class brought me to my interest in cinematography. It is challenging to make the film come out not only beautiful but also giving some kind of an emotion to audience basically by movements, angles, and lightings.
After testing the camera, we had the chance to explore around the university to do some shots from human actions. Firstly, we shotted at the stairs in the building for 10 seconds each shot, then we went outside to shot actions. We found the perfect spot between two buildings, it had a little bit of lighting to make the whole video better, people walking pass the camera and everything was just on spot. Afterwards, we recorded people crossing the streets through the bars at the fence which was also a great shot.
Overall, I was glad how the shots turned out the way they did because we did not only just film something but we actually thought it through about how the camera works and how we try to use things around us to make the videos better such as lightings and angles.
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