On Tuesdays’ class we learnt all about filming a sequence, I found this very interesting because I never knew that this amount of detail went into filmmaking. So basically what happens is that first a wide shot is filmed with the camera, this includes everything that is going to take place within the scene. While this is happening there are some people who are watching what happens within the scene very careful and writing down everything the actors are doing, such as the facial expressions they make, the way their hair and make up looks, etc. The people that do this are called continuity girls, they record all of this information to make sure that when they do the camera shots called close-up and medium close-up everything remains the same. The close-up shot is when the camera is zoomed into or focuses on the main point in that scene. For example if someone walked in and picked up a book then put it down again and walked away, the close-up would only focus on the picking up of the book then they putting back down again. Then when the medium close-up is being filmed what the camera will focus on a little more of what is happening within the scene but once again the actors will have to try and do everything exactly the same. During this lesson I learnt how much effort and detail is put into every film and it made me realize how much work is actually involved in making a movie or a tv show but I found it very interesting and really enjoyed the class.
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