The document summarizes the filming of an interview about mobile phones. It lists what was done well, such as using a variety of steady camera shots and angles for cutaways and keeping the camera still during the interview. It also notes areas for improvement, like placing the interviewee off-center, improving shakiness in some cutaways, avoiding backlighting, using props that relate to mobile phones, and varying shots during the interview beyond just medium shots.

1. Filming ‘ITS GOOD TO
TALK’
By Melissa Edwards

2. What did we do?
• Firstly we wrote a list of all the different types of
cutaways which we could use.
• We filmed the cutaways first to get a variety of
different shots.
• We used different camera angles and movements such
as panning shots, zooming, close up, medium shot,
long shot, high angles and extreme close etc.
• We then went into our common and asked around for
an interviewee who owned a phone.
• We asked questions about her old phone, new phone,
what her ringtone was, how important is her phone
etc.

3. Good points
• Camera was still during the interview
• Cutaways were steady
• Used a variety of different shots
• Used props
• She was looking at the interviewer
• The interviews eyes were a 1/3 down the screen
• The lengths of our cutaways were different (short
and long)
• Used a medium shot for the interview

4. Bad points
• The interviewee was in the middle of the
screen, she needs to be on the left or right.
• Some of the cutaways weren’t steady
• We filmed next to a light source (window)
• The mise en scene didn’t communicate with
mobile phones
• During the interview we needed to use a
variety of shots not just a medium shot, as it
becomes boring to the audience
• Use a tripod when filming cut aways