The preliminary exercise

Our group was set a short preliminary exercise to get us used to using the different camera equipment and also so that we could try our hand at editing some film footage. Within our group we shared the roles of actor, editor and cameraman so that we could each get used to the different aspects. We used different shots and angles to film myself walking down a college corridor, opening the door, sitting down and then having a short conversation with another member of the group. In the clip we used a mid long shot to show the character walking down the hall, then a close up as he opens the door. As he sits downs to have a conversation we used a mid close up to show him talk and then switch to an over the shoulder shot to hear the reply. As it was our first attempt it took quite a few takes and a bit of editing to make shots come together and look right, after it was finished we were left with this sixteen second clip.