Studio Lesson 2

STUDIO LESSON


We began with learning about the 180 degree rule. We saw a demonstration of a motorbike traveling across a road to visually see why it’s important.
The 180 degree rule is essential in film making because without it, the audience will become confused and disorientated. If we film a scene from one angle, we must stay within 180 degrees of that angle so that the scene is never flipped.

 
 For example, ‘The Shining’ Bathroom scene breaks this rule, which leaves viewers confused, disorientated and even uncomfortable.


 We then learnt about terminology that is regularly used in the film industry. Before filming a scene, the director would shout “Standby”, of which the camera operator, once ready and focused the camera, replies with “standing by”.
The director then shouts “rolling” which tells the set to be quiet. Finally the director finally shouts “action” to tell the camera operator to start recording.

The director may also shout to the actor “final position” which tells the actor to get into their final position of the scene, so that a close up or a focus can be done. Or he may shout “strike the kit” of which the camera operators and the team dismantle the kit and put it back in the cases.

We also learnt about the different roles within the film industry, and what they do. Some job titles include Director, Assistant director, Producer, screenwriter, choreographer, stunt director, sound director, camera operator, boom operator, catering, hair and costume artists, lighting, continuity etc.
         
We then began filming a sequence. We kept it simple and filmed a girl taking off her watch and putting it on the table. We began with a wide shot and used different angles such as mid shot, , close up of watch on wrist, close up of girl’s face(didn’t work well because of her hair in her face and we couldn’t change it due to continuity) extreme close up of watch placed on table.


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