Week 9 has arrived! Our first location shoot! We travelled to North Carlton where Dylan was house sitting for his uncle. We shot our first genre on location – sitcom. We used our group members as casts:
1. Kerri – Alice
2. Dylan – Chris
3. Bianca – Chris’ Mum / Landlord
4. Raphael – Don
We had a 30 second worth of sitcom at the end of the day. We edited on the spot, with the laughter and applause sound effects in it as well. It was a fast edit. We were quite happy with our first location shoot. I was in charge of the camera and the audio. Dylan’s boom mic was surprisingly light.
On Thursday, we had an Audio crash course. PART 2. This time we learnt to attach it to the camera and how to gauge the audio levels. One interesting fact I learnt from that crash course, was that we should have the second channel (the right side) slightly lower compared to the first channel (left side) so that in case it peaks, the second channel will compensate for the feedback caused by the peak. Therefore, in the camera, we had to set the level lower than the left side. In theory, I roughly understood what was happening but I still think I should test it out to understand the concept better. I am quite tempted to go out and shoot with these equipment just to experiment and practice these gears. Paul mentioned it would be resourceful to learn how to use these equipment before going out to work. I really enjoy technical work as I am not the best in script writing as well as acting. (I have a fear of looking straight into the barrel…) Anyways, hopefully I get to practice with these equipment in the future.