Workshop | Cameras 4 (19th October 2016)

Today we were revising on the skills we had learnt in previous workshops, but this time, we were shooting outside, and so had to take a number of things into account when doing so.

One of the more tedious parts of filming is risk assessments, and so whilst filming outside of the studio, we were sure to keep in mind the potential risks we would need to write about when shooting out in the field later on.  In the car park, risks mainly flared up surrounding moving and parked vehicles, and trip hazards, which we took into account whilst filming our short skit.

I had a little trouble with the exposure whilst filming outside, because there is obviously a lot more natural light passing through the lens than there is in the studio.  Therefore, I played around with the aperture using the ND filter to achieve a more lifelike feel to the exterior shots.

Pre-ND filter/aperture change:

Post-ND filter/aperture change

Sound would also have been a bit of an issue, if not for the 'dead wombat', which covered the boom mic and made the audio come through with little to no interference from the wind.