Week 10 class reflection

In this week’s class, we did some exercise on lighting, audio and camera techniques. We were divided into few groups and did different scenes applying these techniques. I was in charge of camera. Again we used DEDO KIT for the lighting, there are key light, background light and fill light. For the fill light we can use some white reflectors to help. There is a big difference. Because I was in charge of camera, so I learned something about camera movement. My group was doing the scene where Corey walks in and sit next to Samantha. This scene is a single shot, the camera should be moving along with Corey’s action. For the first time, I just moved the camera exactly along with Corey’s action. It turns out to be wired, it seemed to be slow for my camera movement. I didn’t show the existence of Samantha well enough. Then Paul gave me some advice of moving camera a bit faster, and move along with Corey when he enters the room, then move quickly to Samantha and let Corey walk into frame. While doing this, you should always keep an eye on framing and head room. To get a better shot, Paul ask Corey to slow down a bit to work with my camera movement when acting. Here is another way to improve.

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