visit from a camera man...

Last Tuesday, we were visited by Axel - a very successful and knowledgeable camera man. He watched each of our preliminary tasks and informed us what was right and what was wrong. In my filming it became clear that I had left to much head room above the actors, meaning there was a lot of empty space in the shot. Instead of doing this I should have brought the camera down to fill the shot with the actors. Axel also explained how to allow us to have varying heights in one particular shot that involves movements, e.g. someone walking in and then sitting down. To do this without having excess head room we should use a tripod and tilt the camera. Axel reiterated the 180 degree rule to us, making sure we understood it. As well as helping us with our tasks, Axel talked to us about films he had worked on which included Tomb Raider and Star Wars, which was obviously very interesting! Thank you Axel!