We Have Film School At Home

This was just practice showing a character move from one room to another, using a few different transitions. The first was a cut-on-action, and the second was really not a special type of cut, but was just trying to get an understanding for the effect of having the character not-on-screen for varying amounts of time during a walking sequence. I think, not surprisingly, that the viewer’s sense of distance is affected by how long the character is not on camera.

In the last of the three scenes, I think I wasn’t paying attention to the exposure, because many aspects of the shot are blown out, which is probably why it just would not color-correct properly. So the scene has a weird yellow tinge which just will not go away. I will probably practice shooting in that room again under that lighting to make sure I understand what happened. But not really the point of this particular exercise.

I am appreciating the use of the 50mm lens though. And I used my mic-stand prop for focusing, which I think worked very well, and helped me to get through the shots in much less time. The only thing I know was a “mistake” in these scenes w/r/t focus, was in the second shot, I chose to have the focus on the portion where I was walking – as opposed to focusing when I was in the chair. It makes more sense to have the focus from me on the chair, because that’s where the focus point was in the prior shot. It makes for a more smooth conceptual transition. But I think the process is getting easier and easier as I go along. Just have to figure out learning how scripts are structured and how to write a script.