WEEK 3

In this week’s class, we had a discussion about the location of the camera, Through further study this week and knowledge gained in the last two weeks, I think it is very easy to shoot a complete segment. It also taught us some mistakes that we should not make. For beginners, these things will be the most important pieces of the puzzle when we start shooting short films, this knowledge is very important.

In the first class of this week. We analyzed the lens design of several films and the placement of cameras. We found that by using a fixed camera position and using several different perspectives to explain the scene, we could actually make a complete short film, which could fully express the information given in the clip. This can save a lot of time, and it is very effective to quickly capture the pictures you want in the shooting process. Combined with the knowledge of floor plan, storyboard, and focal length learned in the first two weeks, it will be very effective. And also found that if we can identify the approximate position of a camera, we can tell which position the camera is set to shoot the scene through the actor’s eye line, which is a very convenient method for us to learn film shots. On the other hand, in this class, we also learned some rules that should not be broken casually in the shooting process, such as the 180-degree shooting rule, which should not exceed the 180-degree line in the shooting process of two people’s dialogue or behavior. if this rule is broken, the feeling of two people communicating with each other will not be presented in the clip, because they will be facing the same side instead of the opposite side, which will bring confusion to the viewer.

In the second class of this week. Robin asked us to choose one of the scripts he gave us and shoot a short video with the knowledge we had learned before. I think this is a worthwhile thing to do because it will test a summary of the three weeks’ learning.