Camera-work workshop

Over the course of this week Fin, Poppy, Matilda and I participated in two camera workshops and an editing workshop. We did this in preparation for our filming day to get the best possible shots we can and to be able to work as efficiently as possible. 

The first workshop was about how to assemble the camera and the basics about lighting, zoom and focus.

Here are some photos of the group assembling the cameras. 

The second workshop we were giving the task to film a short and simple sequence. We created a sequence in which Matilda walks over to a bag, unzips it and gets her phone out, she then proceeds to briefly check her phone and then put it back into the bag and walk away. We spent the entire workshop gathering as many different shots as we could. We managed to get around two dozen shots such as, close-up on hands, feet and face, wide-shots to establish the sequence and mid-shots showing Matilda getting the phone out of the bag.