Camera Lesson Two

Our second camera lesson, consisted of us learning some important rules when filming, such as the 180 degree line, which was the line in which we should not cross when filming a particular scene at a particular angle, and if crossed, we would have to change the toms gay set up of the camera. After we learnt about the 180 degree rule, we formed groups and worked on filming a simple scene between our group, we decided that me and Gabriel shaking hands was simple enough, we filmed the scene and different angles after each take. We also learned the terminology concerning starting to film and finishing, for example, the terminology used when starting to film a certain scene, we learned that before filming a cameraman should say 'Rolling' and the director should say 'Action' which is when the actors should start to begin to act.
 After we filmed our scenes we then watched them over with Jason, who gave us feedback on what he thought was good and what could be improved about our pieces. With our group he said that we should try to experiment with a few more variations of camera angles in our scenes. For example, although our positioning of the camera changed, we did not experiment with levels, which after trying, proved to help create some more interesting variations of scenes.
In conclusion, I found the second camera lesson very helpful in establishing my knowledge of not only the camera its self but also the terminology associated with the procedures carried out while filming.