Evaluation of first-shoot

29-30 January 2014

Organisation:

This Wednesday we shot our second and third sequence for our film with varying success. We efficiently organised ourselves to bring together our actors, equipment and time to produce the material we would need to edit the particular sections of our work, getting every shot we would need in accordance to our storyboard.

Issues:However, there were a number of limitations we unfortunately had to deal with. This includes our inadequate timeframe. We had underestimated the amount of time we would have to dedicate to produce this construction and in doing so were fairly rushed due to our cast and crew needing to be in certain places in overtime. Furthermore, the actual quality of footage was questionable. A lot of shots were over/inconsistently exposed or poorly framed and shaky, likely making an edited construction lack continuity and look unprofessional.

Problem solving:

In our shoot we set the camera to ‘Automatic’ meaning the shutter speed, ISO and aperture all adjusted themselves automatically. In evaluating our footage we have decided to commit to re-shoot the scene so to fix the issues we encountered such as over-exposure and poor focus. To do this, we have had a lesson which taught us how to properly operate the camera on ‘Manual’.

1/50

ISO: 300

F-stop: 2.8

The limited area in focus allows for a higher eminence image which will be useful when

using shots that rely on say, a characters expression rather than the contents of the

background. A low F-stop allows this depth of field to be shallower while the low ISO

maintains the quality of the image. In both images, I kept the shutter speed at a standard

1/50.

1/50

ISO: 1600

F-stop: 8

Using a higher ISO (limiting at 1600) means that I can take advantage of the background even in low light. To do this the aperture (F-

stop) has to be raised accordingly. Unfortunately, having the benefit of a larger depth of field means sacrificing the quality of

the image, had I an even higher ISO the image would be even more ‘grainy’.