Wednesday, 30 September 2009
Thursday, 24 September 2009
Emily's CRaM homework 24/9/09
This session, the group went out around town, interviewing people and asking them about cars and the consession. We chose to film mostly in the field opposite the parkside school, because there were lots of people there. We managed to film atleast three good vox-pops. Having done this we didn't film as many people we had hoped to, because lots of people were willing to answer the questions, but werent wanting to be filmed. My main contribution today was filming, because thats what I enjoy doing. We also managed to film two people who are quite strange and unusual, which mad our filming a bit more fun XD.
It was enjoyable to go out around town to film instead of just filming each other, because it gets boaring after a while. We descovered that we were best off filming in the area of grass infront of Parkside school, because there are many more people there to film. Whereas filmin at the end of the Grafton Center was not such a good idea because people were in a hurry to catch the bus all the time. I learned that not all people drive around Cambridge, and so we need a better question than just about cars and the recession.
I have become better at holdin the camera still and not zooming in and out when I am filming. As a group we found it quite hard, because me and Hannah don't get along with Michael T, and so therefore it was hard to comunicate with him. I found it hard to interview people because I don't really like talking to people who I don't know, but I have improved since we first started.
The hardest part was trying to find people who were ok with being filmed. It was satisfying to finally get people to be interviewed by us. My strengths today were definately fiming. I was less successful at interviewing people. We succeeded in finally getting atleast five good shots.
In the future we must come up with a better question and a better script. Personally I want to swap groups because I really don't get on well with Michael. I shall try to get better at interviewing people. The next step would be to interview more people. By the end of this course, I want to have been able to interview atleast 6 people properly and learn more about the cameras, and how to use them.
It was enjoyable to go out around town to film instead of just filming each other, because it gets boaring after a while. We descovered that we were best off filming in the area of grass infront of Parkside school, because there are many more people there to film. Whereas filmin at the end of the Grafton Center was not such a good idea because people were in a hurry to catch the bus all the time. I learned that not all people drive around Cambridge, and so we need a better question than just about cars and the recession.
I have become better at holdin the camera still and not zooming in and out when I am filming. As a group we found it quite hard, because me and Hannah don't get along with Michael T, and so therefore it was hard to comunicate with him. I found it hard to interview people because I don't really like talking to people who I don't know, but I have improved since we first started.
The hardest part was trying to find people who were ok with being filmed. It was satisfying to finally get people to be interviewed by us. My strengths today were definately fiming. I was less successful at interviewing people. We succeeded in finally getting atleast five good shots.
In the future we must come up with a better question and a better script. Personally I want to swap groups because I really don't get on well with Michael. I shall try to get better at interviewing people. The next step would be to interview more people. By the end of this course, I want to have been able to interview atleast 6 people properly and learn more about the cameras, and how to use them.
Wednesday, 23 September 2009
Emily's CRaM homework 22/9/09
Today we learnt about vox-popping.
The rules about filming are that: 1. You have to position the camera so that the person you are fiming's eyes, are in the top third of the camera. 2. Do NOT zoom when filming. 3. Always ask for their permission berfore filming. 4.Do NOT film moving vehicles. 5.Do NOT film from moving vehicles. 6. Do NOT run with the camera. 7. Do NOT attempt to film from heights.
When chooising backgrounds, locations and people to film, you have to think about is it backgound going to suit the subject that you are talking about, the location also has to suit the subject, but the most impotant ting is the person you are filming because some people can be very unpredictable about what they are going to do and say .e.g. drunk people because they have no controll over what they are doing, depending on how drunk they are.
When working as a team you have to make sure that you get along quite well with each other, make sure that you all know what you are doing.e.g. one person doing the sound, one person doing the filming and another person incharge of the wires.
When filming vox-pops you have to be careful not to zoom in and out when filming, get too much
of the background in the shot, if it is irrelevant to the subject you are talking about.
What is difficult about filming vox-pops well is that you have to make sure you have done several things right.e.g. positioned the camera so it is not at a tilt, or moving, or chopping the top of the person you are fiming's head. When I viewed the first attempts I noticed that when I was filming, I did a few things wrong such as zooming in and out whilst filming and bringing the microphone into view also whilst filming. When I went out again I mad sure that I had poitioned the camera before filming, and made sure that the mirophone and boom pole were well out of the way, and not seen whilst filming.
The rules about filming are that: 1. You have to position the camera so that the person you are fiming's eyes, are in the top third of the camera. 2. Do NOT zoom when filming. 3. Always ask for their permission berfore filming. 4.Do NOT film moving vehicles. 5.Do NOT film from moving vehicles. 6. Do NOT run with the camera. 7. Do NOT attempt to film from heights.
When chooising backgrounds, locations and people to film, you have to think about is it backgound going to suit the subject that you are talking about, the location also has to suit the subject, but the most impotant ting is the person you are filming because some people can be very unpredictable about what they are going to do and say .e.g. drunk people because they have no controll over what they are doing, depending on how drunk they are.
When working as a team you have to make sure that you get along quite well with each other, make sure that you all know what you are doing.e.g. one person doing the sound, one person doing the filming and another person incharge of the wires.
When filming vox-pops you have to be careful not to zoom in and out when filming, get too much
of the background in the shot, if it is irrelevant to the subject you are talking about.
What is difficult about filming vox-pops well is that you have to make sure you have done several things right.e.g. positioned the camera so it is not at a tilt, or moving, or chopping the top of the person you are fiming's head. When I viewed the first attempts I noticed that when I was filming, I did a few things wrong such as zooming in and out whilst filming and bringing the microphone into view also whilst filming. When I went out again I mad sure that I had poitioned the camera before filming, and made sure that the mirophone and boom pole were well out of the way, and not seen whilst filming.
Thursday, 10 September 2009
Emily's cram homework
Hi my name is Emily,
I like to watch mainly cartoons, soaps and music on T.V.
I like any sort of comedy films, cartoon films. But definately not horror films.
I like lots of different types of music, lots of old music and new music.
I don't like to read at all.
I like sims PC game.
I like to visit facebook, youtube and msn websites.
I have used cameras in a drama project, we filmed a short play and edited it on the computer.
I am good at art, I like sculpturing and design.
I like to watch mainly cartoons, soaps and music on T.V.
I like any sort of comedy films, cartoon films. But definately not horror films.
I like lots of different types of music, lots of old music and new music.
I don't like to read at all.
I like sims PC game.
I like to visit facebook, youtube and msn websites.
I have used cameras in a drama project, we filmed a short play and edited it on the computer.
I am good at art, I like sculpturing and design.
First day at cram
Today I worked with Michael T and Johnathon. We went out around the school and took shots of different parts of the school. I learnt how to put the camera on to the tripod, how to put up the tripod, what a white balance is and different things about the camera. We learnt about the safety of using the cameras and the environment we are in when we are using the cameras. We have also learnt how to focus the cameras.
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