The camera: Evaluation

What have I learnt from using the camera?When using the camera I have learnt how to open it and close it. I have learnt where most of the buttons are and what we use them for. I have learnt how the shots will look good from different angles. when doing a point of view shot you will need to have the camera hand held and when you shake the camera a bit it will look realistic like an example of cloverfield, the film was shot with an hand held camera which gives away the atmosphere of an human being in that situation. If the camera is shaking that means you are running in that point. So it pulls you into the film and makes you feel like you are that character.

Did I straggle when using the camera?
I did straggle using the camera for the first time because I did not know where all the buttons where and when filming the second time the camera was coming out of focus which my group tired to fix it but it did not work and as that did not work our filming come out rubies. Other then that I did not straggle a lot; it was just where to shot the film from and what type of shot is it going to be. When first filming, it was not really dark and it looked normal so we started shooting and when we looked back at what we done on the camera it looked good as well but when going back on to the Mac it looked really dark, you could not even see a thing. So the cameras light filming was not good and made as run out of time, that’s why we shot the film about 4 times.

Did we use the camera by hand or the tripod?
When filming we used the tripod most of the time but when filming a point of view shot we had the camera hand held to make it look effective.

What camera did we use?
We used the JVC digital tapeless camera.

What were the common shots in the film?
The most shot types where the same was mid shot. Mid shot and long shot was the most common shot type in our film.

Did we use panning, tilting and tracking?
When filming the killer breaking into the house we were tracking him and then panning him getting the umbrella. To do the point of view shot we tilted the camera to look up and then pan to look next door neighbours.

Did we zoom in when filming? Why not?
When filming we did not use zooming when filming because it looks cheap and not professional. We did want to do zoom but because we did not have the right equipment. With out the equipment zooming in will look cheap.

When doing a point of view shot, what did we try to do with the camera?
When shooting the point of view shot, we did not keep it steady because it will look like its on a tripod so we tried to shake it a bit to look like the character’s point of view.

What types of camera shots are in our film!
The most commonly used camera angle is the eye level shot in our film. Simply, the camera is positioned at eye level to the action. It maintains balance between the characters and audience in terms of relative power positioning. We used panning because it follows the action or leads the audience by rotating on an imaginary vertical axis while remaining stationary. The pan gives the impression of moving horizontally through space. Panning is used to frame the action as it moves through a scene from left to right. Sometimes used as a (POV) looking at a scene through the eyes of a character as he scans the scene which this is used in our film when the killer looks at the bedroom window from out side garden. Tilt is used mostly to explore a space from top to bottom. This type of shot is used as a (POV) shot looking at a scene through the eyes of a character as he looks up or down, which is used again when the killer looks to the bedroom window from outside. In our film tracking is a common shot because it follows the action or characters as they travel from one space to another. We used hand-held camera when we were doing our point of view shot. We used this to show the character's perspective as he or she moves through a scene; to make the audience feel uncomfortable; to make the shot appear natural or realistic; or even to draw attention to the existence of the camera itself