Last week we split into two groups and filmed a scene given to us by Robin. Ours was a scene featuring two female characters walking up some stairs while being followed by a third male character.  It was good to work in a group where we all had our roles in which we worked quite efficiently. We had three actors, a sound/boom operator, camera man and director. I assisted the cameraman, operated the clapboard and made sure none of the equipment got wet. It was interesting working in the rain, it made me appreciate what camera crews go through on bad weather days. We had to be careful when the cameraman was filming the two actors walking up the stars as he moved backwards as the stairs were wet. To be safe I stood behind the cameraman, with my hand on his back and led him up the stairs, prepared to catch him if he fell. It also helped guide the camera along the proper planned path.

I think we did a decent job to film this in one class especially with the range of shots and angles we used. For instance we used a dynamic handheld shot and wide shots with both extremely low and high tilted angles.

During and after the editing process I did notice a few errors with the edit of my scene. For instance the continuity error in this moment captured below. While the man appears in the distance we should see the two after characters continuing up the stairs. This would only be OK if we captured them stopping and heard them talking for a bit and then continued up the stairs. 

Furthermore, later in the scene the camera crosses the line and it distracts from the scene.  It looks like the characters are in a totally different place within the scene.

Besides a few errors, we did quite a good job of covering the scene. It was a worthwhile exercise. Especially because the location of the staircase made us think more dynamically of how we wanted to cover the scene. It really made think of the audiences spatial awareness of filmic space and how eye-lines, angles and position must match up to create this 3D space.