Scene In Cinema: Week #1 Reflection/ Epiphany

To summarize my initial reaction to Media 5, it matched approximately 60% of my expectations for what I thought this class would potentially encompass. Despite this, I was pleasantly surprised that we got the opportunity, in our first class for the year, to grab a camera and block out our assigned scene, in collaboration with our group members. Having the experience in freelance and ch31 production groups as well as a technical qualification in Film and television production, I was within my comfort zone, and greatly appreciated the nature of the exercise. As I was expecting more theoretical work (which I assume will inevitably consume the majority of this course) I was really contented to do this kind of practical work. It really challenged us to use our minds to deliberate and achieve an interestingly effective shot to comply with our restrictions of maintaining a single shot for the entire dialogue between two characters in a scene. After the completion of rotating roles between group members during the blocking our scripted scene, It was great to demonstrate our best take of our rehearsals with the camera in front of class and see other peoples interpretation of the camera coverage from the scenes they were given to work on. According to observation and my beliefs, filmmaking is the most collaborative art form, therefore I hope to look forward to more practical in-class group work, such as our first Media 5 exercise for 2015.