To practice our camera and editing skills before making our short film or trailer, we were given the task to work in groups and make our own short film. We were given a narrative and had to put our own ideas together as to what camera shots/angles we should use in order to make our short film look effective. The narrative of this short film was a student delivering something to another student.
This is an example of a long shot. This kind of shot gives us the full effect of a school setting, by showing the person walking through a corridor in a school uniform. The camera at this point was static meaning as the person was walking she was getting closer to the camera which worked effectively with the transition into the next camera shot as she walks round the corner.
This is an example of a point of view shot. This shot is taken from the point of view of the person about to enter the room, however the for the audience this kind of shot builds suspense since we are unsure as to who's point of view this is coming from.
This is an example of a medium over the should shot. We used this shot in our film as you can clearly work out the setting and what is going on in this frame without it having to be too zoomed out. We used an over the shoulder angle here instead of a normal medium camera shot as by doing this you can clear is the iconic features which tell the audience the person is in a class room.
Editing
Once we had finished filming we used, I used Adobe elements to edit the clips to make it into a short film. My editing included cutting down or cutting out unnecessary clips and creating transition between each clip in order to make the film flow better.
