To introduce ourselves to using the video cameras my group and I shot a practice clip. This was to familiarise ourselves with the camera and the editing. We edited the video together with 'Final Cut Express' the program in which I will be using throughout the production of my opening sequence(s).
How filming went:
Even though this clip is not to a great standard (it was made without planning and on the spot), I believe that the camera shots and angles worked very successfully. The clip begins with a long shot to introduce the setting to the audience; The characters and the setting. The setting is well lit with natural lighting and appears to be in a conventional contemporary high school (student lockers are visual to the right of the screen). However, the area is underpopulated with only three people ever on the screen at present, this denotes an eerie atmosphere. After the long shot, there is a close up on the antagonist's partially hidden face (his hood is pulled up connoting that he may have something to hide - and possibly himself. This is followed by a mid-shot of a female character - the mid-shot signifies that she believes that she is alone, she is not aware of her surroundings - this can forebode that something will happen to her. The still long shot that follows displays to the audience what is actually happening behind the first victim. Next, the medium into long shot which traces the other victim walking towards the stairs, the movement of the camera connotes the female is being watched through the perspective of the antagonist. To finish, we used an areal shot to show the audience what is happening from above however this could imply that both characters on scene are weak and there is something more omnipotent (possibly the audience because they have seen what has happened) than the antagonist.
How we could improve:
During the clip we didn't really pay much attention to the background noise, for example in the final shot an unexpected hand dryer switched on ruining the ending. During the final shot the camera quality was also very low, the camera was very jolty and didn't run smoothly - this was due to an issue with the tri-pod being tightened too much. Additionally, we were not very wary of people in the background for instance when one of out P.E teachers is walking in our shot unintentionally.
Even though this clip is not to a great standard (it was made without planning and on the spot), I believe that the camera shots and angles worked very successfully. The clip begins with a long shot to introduce the setting to the audience; The characters and the setting. The setting is well lit with natural lighting and appears to be in a conventional contemporary high school (student lockers are visual to the right of the screen). However, the area is underpopulated with only three people ever on the screen at present, this denotes an eerie atmosphere. After the long shot, there is a close up on the antagonist's partially hidden face (his hood is pulled up connoting that he may have something to hide - and possibly himself. This is followed by a mid-shot of a female character - the mid-shot signifies that she believes that she is alone, she is not aware of her surroundings - this can forebode that something will happen to her. The still long shot that follows displays to the audience what is actually happening behind the first victim. Next, the medium into long shot which traces the other victim walking towards the stairs, the movement of the camera connotes the female is being watched through the perspective of the antagonist. To finish, we used an areal shot to show the audience what is happening from above however this could imply that both characters on scene are weak and there is something more omnipotent (possibly the audience because they have seen what has happened) than the antagonist.
How we could improve:
During the clip we didn't really pay much attention to the background noise, for example in the final shot an unexpected hand dryer switched on ruining the ending. During the final shot the camera quality was also very low, the camera was very jolty and didn't run smoothly - this was due to an issue with the tri-pod being tightened too much. Additionally, we were not very wary of people in the background for instance when one of out P.E teachers is walking in our shot unintentionally.
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