Research and Planning - Filming task

• Our recent assignment that we were set in our media lesson was to test out the new camrecorders that we will be using to film our teaser trailer with. The new camera's are different by which they are a lot smaller and easier to use. In a way they have better quality and ensure we are able to prevent camera shakes as we will need to produce our teaser trailer in the best quality possible to make it look affective. Throughout filming we used a tripod and found that the new camera's are a lot easier to connect to the tripod than the old camera's were and also found that we had a lot less camera shakes. For this task we were assigned to use the phrase ''what are you doing here''? in three different settings and changed the mood for every scene. We then had to edit together the three different mood settings using different affects etc on Adobe.

• The first setting is of a long shot of myself walking into the science block using the phrase ''what are you doing here''?. We decided to add 'lightning effect' to this particular scene as we wanted to play around with the use of different effects that are available on Adobe. The second shot is a medium shot set in the common room, whereby oli uses the phrase ''what are you doing here''? facing towards ambrose. We used an effect which is different to many of the other effects which is called 'Green Screen Key' whereby the screen is divided into 4 different boxes. The third setting is used outside and is a long shot, whereby Kate is hiding behind a wall and is joined by Sarah who walks round the corner using the phrase ''what are you doing here''?, we didn't use an effect for this scene due to Kate standing up against a blue building it makes the whole setting look blue. Inbetween the three different scenes we have included 'spinaway =3' which is used to overlap the scenes from one to the other, this is effective and is used in many films.

• Overall, my group and I found that this was a useful and affective task as it showed us how these camera's can be used and how they have quite a good clear image which is affective as we do not want the image to affect the video footage. I am looking forward to using these cameras during the period of filming our teaser trailer.