2. Organisation:
This Wednesday we shot our
second and third sequence for
our film with varying success.
We efficiently organised
ourselves to bring together
our actors, equipment and
time to produce the material
we would need to edit the
particular sections of our
work, getting every shot we
would need in accordance to
our storyboard.
3. Issues:
However, there were a number of
limitations we unfortunately had to
deal with. This includes our
inadequate timeframe. We had
underestimated the amount of time
we would have to dedicate to
produce this construction and in
doing so were fairly rushed due to our
cast and crew needing to be in certain
places in overtime. Furthermore, the
actual quality of footage was
questionable. A lot of shots were
over/inconsistently exposed or poorly
framed and shaky, likely making an
edited construction lack continuity
and look unprofessional.
4. Problem solving:
In our shoot we set the camera to ‘Automatic’
meaning the shutter speed, ISO and aperture all
adjusted themselves automatically.
In evaluating our footage we have decided to
commit to re-shoot the scene so to fix the issues we
encountered such as over-exposure and poor focus.
To do this, we have had a lesson which taught us
how to properly operate the camera on ‘Manual’.
5. The limited area in focus allows for a higher
eminence image which will be useful when
using shots that rely on say, a characters
expression rather than the contents of the
background. A low F-stop allows this depth of
field to be shallower while the low ISO
maintains the quality of the image. In both
images, I kept the shutter speed at a standard
1/50.
Using a higher ISO (limiting at 1600) means
that I can take advantage of the background
even in low light. To do this the aperture (Fstop) has to be raised accordingly.
Unfortunately, having the benefit of a larger
depth of field means sacrificing the quality of
the image, had I an even higher ISO the
image would be even more ‘grainy’.
