Workshop

 Today we did a workshop where we were shown different types of lenses. We also discussed about the filming day and the placement of people in a music video in order to get a beautiful composition.

We were shown for the first time some lenses which don’t have the option to zoom in or zoom out. This is a compromise in order for the lenses to be able to film in a better quality then  the lenses which can be zoomed. Each of these lenses had a number on them showing how wide or zoomed it they are (the smaller the number the wider the composition is).

We were told that depth of field is crucial in a frame and that placing each individual in a way which looks wired In reality would actually look the best through the camera lenses. 

Then we had to try to place each other (4 people) in the room in order to obtain a successful composition through the camera frame. We did this a couple of times and I noticed a pattern in all the compositions that looked visually pleasing: one person in the front, quite close to the camera while the others gradually further back in the room. This way we achieved depth of field

We were also shown some artificial lightings.

This workshop helped us to have a feeling on how the shooting day will be like and understand how to communicate with the actors.