It was announced today that we were going to be shooting our Continuity Piece tomorrow. In order to be prepared for this task, Mr McManus kindly introduced us to the equipment that were available to us. He explained, in detail, what all the pieces of equipment can do, how to function them and their pros and cons. The shoulder rig caught our attention, so we decided to test that out when we were given permission to roam around the school and test out the equipment.
What we wanted to take out from this experience was to get grips with how we can use this equipment with full effect. We found the camera quite cool, it displayed everything in great quality. It was very easy to get used to. We attached it to the shoulder rig and experimented how we can use it to our advantage. We did not have much luck with it as it limited us to only a few different shot types although it was very easy to manoeuvre. We created our own shot where we filmed a person simply walking around a corner and recorded the motion in a full 90 degrees transition, it looked good when watching it back.
We eventually realised that the shoulder rig wasn't the best of choices we were given so we decided just to film outdoors with the camera handheld. We practiced a few shots such as a wide shot of the school, an over the shoulder shot of two of our actors having a conversation and a close up. We had much more success using the camera handheld rather than the shoulder rig but it wasn't stable when watching it on screen as it was sensitive to movement. More stability is required, we discussed about how using a tripod will be much more useful for our future endeavours.
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