A2 media - Walk around school

For this task set, we were asked to shoot a short film persuading new students to join and understand more about the school. We were split in to groups to create a first and only attempt of the sequence. In my group we were only two. One a cameraman/Interviewer and me as the interviewee/Guide. We aimed our video to new students in year 7 and 6th formers. The purpose of our film was to inform the viewers of the facilities available and of course persuade them to consider coming to St. Marks. We decided to make the encounter informal and relaxed. We did this because we thought those watching would feel comfortable and understand us better. We used a variety of camera skills, from zooming to angles. Our cameraman had quite a steady hand when not using the tripod, this area could be improved with more practise in filming. We had ideas set on what to shoot using a storyboard but other creative ideas came out on the spot whilst filming. We used a range of shot distances and angles, including; wide shot, close-up, over the shoulder, high angle, panning for establishing a setting and many more. We didn't use many props set but had things at hand on the different frames. Our setting, colour and objects weren't much of a problem for us, however the lighting, sound and dialogue needs some improvement. This will hopefully flourish with more filming and the appropriate use of the editing programme we can and will use. Overall, we were happy with our short film and have seen our minor flaws on which we can build on and on doing so will improve our films as we go on through the course. I look forward to do more shooting and learn how to edit the sequences.