1st Prelim Task-23rd September

I am in a group with Laura Walton and Joseph Cocklin. We were given the cameras and shown how to use them and given the task of filming a short journey. As a group we discussed what we would like to do for our own journey. Joe decided that he would like to do a journey to the bathroom.We as a group unanimously agreed.I suggested that we start our journey outside as we could make some great shots.So we went outside and chose a space on the field. We then thought that it would be a great idea to start with an opening shot being a pan of the field as a it establishes a location for the audience.

Laura and Joe were going to be doing the acting so i did a pan of the field and slowly swiveled round to the two of them sitting talking as a wide shot and then i zoomed in a bit so we get a clear shot of them. This shows who the short film will be concentrating and mainly focuses on.We then shift to an over the shoulder shot of Joe talking and then switch so that its an over the shoulder shot of Laura talking to Joe.We then moved to a long shot of Joe walking towards the camera. I really liked this shot as it established character and location which are both things that the audience would want to know.We then show this really good worms eye of Joe's feet as he jumps the bottom step.This was an amazing shot and i was determined to get it into our prelim task as i love worms eye as it is so interesting.My altogether favourite shot in the entire short film has to be either the over the shoulder shot of Joe walking into the toilets as you get to see basically what Joe is seeing which is always interesting as nothing is in the way as when your are filming your character they are most of the time standing in the way of what they are seeing. And the other shot is a Point of view shot by another character that we never actually meet who interacts with Joe. This makes the short film interesting as the audience must feel as if they personally are interacting with the main character Joe and you also kind of want t know who's point of view you are seeing which draws you in as you Wait and see intently to find out who it is but you never actually find out so it just keeps the audience on the edge of their seat and watching intently until the end of the short film.

I learnt all the new shots that i never knew and how to do them during this task so overall it was a great way to practice and warm up your camera skills.