Studio lesson 2

This Thursday we had another lesson in the studio.

We learned how to shoot a really short and simple sequence.

We started with learning the 180 degrees rule.

This talks about filming two characters always in one direction, we basically have to imagine a line called axis and the cameras cannot cross it. This rule explains that cameras show differently the position of those characters, without this the audience would be confused as the characters seem to swapping place continuously.

Afterward we tried to film a little sequence of someone taking her watch off and put on the table. It seems an easy work but there is so much to think about, for examples the camera shot as well as the angles and timing.

Terminology is very important as it helps to communicate specially between the direct to the camera operator.

We learnt stand by, standing by, roll camera, rolling, action and cut. This expression where fundamental to make all the scene flows.

I realized that you can do so much for this 30 seconds scene; mid long shots, face expression close up, object close up and use different angles, from the back of the actress, the front, etc.

The main issue was the camera shots as we were not sure about the close ups.

I found this lesson very interesting and interactive as we started to get into the mentality of this new environment, also I started to understand more how difficult it is and how many members of the staff you need.

I believe this lesson was really useful and it make me think of how much time we will need to shoot our thriller movie and how careful and clear you need to be, specially because it is all about timing and money and you don't want to risk to have and incomplete work as it is going to be a waste.