Philip Bass media studies

By definition, ' single camera production only uses one camera for different shots to use in their production' this is the opposite to multi-cam which uses multiple cameras to film the same scene but capture it from multiple angles as well as different distances to film the same scene simultaneously. Some camera techniques for single camera production are: Snorricam: This technique can be used many ways to give the viewer an over the shoulder shot whilst  the character is moving, another way it can be used is to capture the facial expressions at any angle again whilst the character is moving. Steadicam: This allows the camera operator to move freely weather that be them running or walking but the camera is still moving but the shot is completely smooth. Birdseye view: This is where the camera is pointing down on the action to give an aerial view of everything that is happening on the scene. Wormeye view: This is the opposite of birdseye view as the camera looking up f...

INTIAL ASSESSMENT During the holidays I thought of ideas for the script of my short film. This is part of my pre-production as this is to allow me to write the script with more thoughts and knowledge to what I am going to put in the script as this will allow more time for shooting the film and editing it. The script is being written as more thoughts and ideas are being made with cast members in mind and a rough idea on who is going to play who. I am also thinking of cast members as they could have more than one role whether it be as an actor or as a crew member doing jobs behind the camera such as: sound operator and camera operator. This is to allow hopefully less overall time filming and more time editing.  I need to think of locations. This will help the film look more creative as the audience will see every location as they are there with little thought as they would see the location and quickly see where it is and understand the film a little more. Amongst this ...