Preliminary Exercise

This is a video we made at the beggining of the course to improve our camera skills. We had to film a variation of shots and record some dialogue using microphones. We had to follow such camera rules as the rule of thirds, the 180 degree line rule, 30 degree line rule and so on.

I believe we succeeded at following some of the camera rules, but others could use improvement. We could have used more variation of shots, longer shots, and recorded more handles to make the editing easier and the continuity look more flowing. Also our framing could use more work, improvement on the rule of thirds and over the shoulder shots are some areas that need major improvement.

The areas that we did well at, i believe, are following the 180 and 30 degree line rules, the recording of sound and the use of lighting. Hopefully these are areas we can improve on in our next camera exercise.