Today I have learnt how to use a film camera starting with the basics and I now know how to put an SD card into the camera. We also learnt 'the crossing the line' rule, it's basic guidelines regarding the on-screen spatial relationship between a character and another characters or objects within a scene. An imaginary line called the axis connects the characters, and by keeping the camera on one side of this axis for every shot in the scene, the first character is always frame right of the second character, who is then always frame left of the first. The camera passing over the axis is called jumping the line or crossing the line, breaking the 180-degree rule by shooting on all sides is known as shooting in the round.
We also learnt the third rule which is a guideline which applies to the process of composing visual images such as designs, films, paintings, and photographs. The guideline proposes that an image should be imagined as divided into nine equal parts by two equally spaced horizontal lines and two equally spaced vertical lines, and that important compositional elements should be placed along these lines or their intersections. Proponents of the technique claim that aligning a subject with these points creates more tension, energy and interest in the composition than simply cantering the subject.
We also watched a video made by Simon Ellis called' Soft', which gave us a good idea of what we would be producing. After we went out in small groups of 3-4 and we had to create some videos of certain types of shots that we had been asked to do.
All together I believe that I could improve my communication skills towards everyone else in the group and that we could of worked better as a group.
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