Today our class split into our groups for filming the scene from the script provided by our tutor. Ours was quite a peculiar one to try and understand…

Assigned position of the director, I decided on the blocking for the scene which was to be filmed on the stairwell and in the hall of the edit suites at RMIT. The blocking I decided on seemed to work alright whilst filming. However, myself and another class member had a few disagreements about certain aspects which was frustrating – probably for both of us.

During the process I was concerned about ‘crossing the line.’ I tried to film everything from one side of an imagined line – but I’m not sure what it’s going to look like, or whether I actually managed to achieve staying on one side of the line appropriately.

Because there were many reflective surfaces in the area where we were filming (all the doors) our crew members were seen in the reflections of them whilst filming which was almost impossible to avoid – we did try our best to stay out of them as much as possible though. This is obviously something we would have been able to avoid better if we had another option of where to film.

Although I was not filming today – I struggle to appropriately focus the camera (I feel my eyes aren’t very good at gauging whether something is focused or not). I’m hoping to pick up tips along the way in this studio of how to better my camera-working skills.

I really wish that we had the chance to edit the pieces we’ve worked on, just to see whether they have flow or any potential. I think next week we may have the chance to actually edit something as we were told to bring a script/idea to class with us which we could film in a 30 minute period in our next class – we then will have someone else to edit our shots. I’m looking forward to this task, it won’t be perfect (in only a 30 minute time frame to film, it’s very difficult) but it will allow for a little bit of much-needed practice and time-management in the field.