Camera workshop 2

 In our second media workshop, it was more of a practical lesson, first, we learned about the 180-degree rule and learned the importance of it to the audience -  the 180- degree rule was illustrated by 2 students sitting down opposite each other and the rest of us were on one side so we all say the same right and left, but this lesson was about where to draw the line and noticed that if you went over the 180  it would confuse the audience
as they don't have a physical sense of the set and have to rely on where characters are. 

We covered the most effective ways to capture the most interesting picture and went over the rule of thirds,  this helped us realize that if there's too much headspace or room around the sides it doesn't make the most dramatic effect possible.  

When we  were comfortable enough to film our own short sequence, we shot 4 different angles, one was wide, mid, close up, and one from very low down - it's important to do the  wide shot first  because it  establishes the  set/ location and introduces the character(s)

Continuity is very important in film-making and if you mess it up it can ruin a whole sequence. Continuity is just making sure that one shot from another looks the same (i.e if someone is drinking water when you cut and start the action again you have to make sure that there's a similar amount of water in the next clip), it makes the film look very natural and flows well.

Marks are partially used for continuity but also for the actors so they know exactly where to stand - the marks are usually made by tape but we didn't have any so we  just used  a camera lens

On a film set, there are certain phrases that are used as command words, standby, roll camera, action, and cut, these will usually be said by the director. These specific words are used as they're very clear and everyone knows exactly what you mean when you say it. From 'action' to 'cut' the camera will keep rolling and  this is because you  could get  a  great shot by chance and it helps the natural flow of the film

We were taught to not watch the footage back on set for 2 reasons; the first one was that sometimes when an actor/ actress watches their footage back they can overthink and they are less focused on the scene and more focused on the way they behave and it can make the film look very unnatural. Another reason we don't watch the footage back onset is that it wastes time and when we shoot  our coursework we won't have long on set and you are paying rent on the studio/ location, the actors time as well as the camera and lighting operators - so you have to  use all the time you have actively shooting