Today we were talking about film shots and a few people who are involved.
A sequence is a series of shots cut together to make it look like it is all happening at once. This is also known as continous motion. When filming a shot you should shoot the scene in a few ways. For example you should use a close up, a median shot and a wide shot to make the scene more interesting.
First of all you should zoom in on your subject or actor and focus the lens so that when you zoom in out the actor or subject does not go blurry.
film terminology-
Standby- this means everyone is ready to shoot. Each member of a film crew will shout this out to let the director know they are all set.
Turnover- this means they have started to record whats ever being shot.
Action- this means GO! It signals the actors and extras and begins a scene.
Cut- means stop filming. One trick is to never delete a shot even when it went wrong because it may come in handy. Also carry on filming right up till the end of the scene so you don't miss anything.
For example a man may pick up a bag and walk off with it but at the end of the scene he will put it back from where he got so that it is there if they do the scene again. Later on in the day they may film that person walking down the street and they may forget he is carrying a bag. This will look strange in the movie because the person will pick up the bag and then walk away without it! BUT remember when they were shooting the man picking up the bag, they left the camera recording which picked up the man putting down the bag.
This means they can show the man picking up the bag then putting back the bag and then have the shot of him walking away WITHOUT the bag.
First of all you should zoom in on your subject or actor and focus the lens so that when you zoom in out the actor or subject does not go blurry.
film terminology-
Standby- this means everyone is ready to shoot. Each member of a film crew will shout this out to let the director know they are all set.
Turnover- this means they have started to record whats ever being shot.
Action- this means GO! It signals the actors and extras and begins a scene.
Cut- means stop filming. One trick is to never delete a shot even when it went wrong because it may come in handy. Also carry on filming right up till the end of the scene so you don't miss anything.
For example a man may pick up a bag and walk off with it but at the end of the scene he will put it back from where he got so that it is there if they do the scene again. Later on in the day they may film that person walking down the street and they may forget he is carrying a bag. This will look strange in the movie because the person will pick up the bag and then walk away without it! BUT remember when they were shooting the man picking up the bag, they left the camera recording which picked up the man putting down the bag.
This means they can show the man picking up the bag then putting back the bag and then have the shot of him walking away WITHOUT the bag.
Continuity- this is a job given to someone with a good eye. There job is to make sure all props and costumes are the same within the same scene. Lets say a party scene is being filmed and in the scene a women is wearing a necklace. They may stop filming for lunch and then carry on with the party scene afterwards. The actress wearing the necklace in the scene may take it off for lunch and forget to put it back on. When they start filming again the lady won't have the necklace. This will look odd in the movie because one moment the character will be wearing a necklace and then the next she is not. It is up to continuity to make sure mistakes like that do not happen.
In a scene actors have to move around and stop. Markers are put on the ground to show an actor where to stop. The marker is usually a blue cross.
In a scene actors have to move around and stop. Markers are put on the ground to show an actor where to stop. The marker is usually a blue cross.
180 degree rule (crossing the line)- You imagine there is a line between the two characters talking. The camera can shoot anywhere on that line but it can not cross the line otherwise it will look like the characters are facing the opposite way. If the camera does cross the line then this is referred to as crossing the line.
Rule of 3- if you split the camera shot into thirds this can help with placement of a character. The top right hand corner is the hot spot. Next it is the top left, then bottom right then bottom left. You should try and fill up the hot spots to make a shot look interesting, making sure you main actor or object is in the main hot spot.
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