2nd Camera Lesson

On our second camera lesson we went into the studio rooms once again but this time we were actually shooting sequences. A sequence is when you shoot the same scene over and over again but at different angles. Each time you re-shoot the scene you change the type of shot you use; a wide shot could be used to start with followed by an extreme close up and so on. Shooting a sequence enables you to edit the scene with a range of different shots. 

We had a team of 5, we spilt into the director, camera man, actor, consistence girl and finally the assistant or focus person. First, set up the white balance. We did this by holding up a white peace of paper and pressing the white balance button. Then the focus person stood in the set and the camera man would zoom into there eyes or a detailed part and focus the camera until the image was focused and sharp and then zoom back out, now the camera is in focus and ready to start shooting. Once we decided on a very simple scene and were ready to go the director would call 'stand by' and everyone would then called out 'standing by' to indicate that they were ready and everything was quite. Next the camera man would call out 'rolling' this means that the numbers on the camera had begun to turn and we were now filming. Once the scene was over the director would call 'cut' and at this point only the camera man would be able to stop filming. This process would be repeated over and over again at a wide range of shots.