When coming into this studio, I was unaware that it was a combination of first and second-year students. After finding out that I was amongst second years I went back feeling a little demotivated and that I would not be able to produce work as good as theirs or seem like a loser for not knowing as much. Being an individual who lacks a lot of self-confidence. However, after reflecting a lot on that over the past two weeks, I realised I should have been approaching this situation with more positivity and excitement. That I am able to share the same studio as students who have an extra year or experience, knowledge and skills. Having the opportunity to go through some of the work of second years have broadened my view of creativity. The way they structure their shots, their ideas and their editing was just such eye openers to the many different approaches I can incorporate into my work and how much more I need to explore the wonders of Premiere Pro.
In class last week, Paul played a short scene from a TV series and at first, I did not notice much about it but once he started pausing the video bit by bit and breaking it down, there was so much to the filming that I had to observe. He spent about 15 minutes breaking down the different camera angles and the degree to which is perfect to film a scene that involves a dialogue between two people on opposite ends of the room. I was always curious to know how many cameras it took to get those kinds of dialogue scenes that go back and forth to different actors. It was interesting to find out that in a setting/location as such that only one camera was allowed to shoot. Makes sense thinking about it now because they would not be able to get the camera out of sight continuously throughout shooting the scene. Whilst watching this particular scene, it was obvious to everyone that the camera movement had changed but supposedly the actor stays in the same position. However, a few of us noticed that it seemed like the actor had moved as well and it was a fun debate between us and paul as to whether the actor moved. After class last week it was brought to my attention that every time I watch a sort of film, I tend to observe every aspect of it and my boyfriend got annoyed because I kept pausing it and pointing things out.
On a side note,
Collaboration. Collaboration is ‘the action of working with someone to produce something’. Being in the situation of having to work collaboratively in almost every class, it is only right that it should be approached with an open mind. Everyone is creative in their own way and it has been a great experience to get the opportunity to work collaboratively with new people every week. Considering it is only week 2 and everyone is slowly warming up to each other the cooperation, contribution and teamwork in the class so far has been very comforting.