Say Cheese :)

For our assignment 2 , we were required to do a video project. Everyone in class we looking forward for this particular project because it’s our first video project. We all knew its going to be quite challenging but it would be so fun at the same time. We were told to form  a group of not more than 5 members. My group members was Shamini , Darrveena , Lilian , Ming and myself . We as a team were to work on to produce a 10-minute video. It might sound a little easy but trust me its NOT ! The content of the video had to be Sitcom ( comedy ). 

We were asked to add in a few of those camera shots and also angles that we learned during one of our tutorial classes. These a a few if them :- 

Examples of shots:- 

Long Shot

A long shot shows the entire object or human figure and is usually intended to place it in some connection to it's surroundings. This is also called a 'full shot’.

Close-up shot

A close up shot is where a certain feature of part of the subject takes up the majority of the frame. Close up shots are a close up of a person’s face.

Medium Shot

A mid shot is shot from a medium distance.Medium shots are relatively good in showing facial expressions but work well to show body language.

Examples of angle:-

Low angle shot

Low angle shot - A low angle shot is a shot from a camera positioned low, anywhere below the eye line looking up. These types of shots are often used to make the character seem powerful and in control.  

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High Angle Shot

High angle shot - A high angle shot is usually when the camera is located above the eye line. With this kind of angle,the camera looks down on the person. High angled shots are often used to make the figure or object seem vulnerable or powerless.

Birds eye view

The bird's eye view is viewed from a distance high up. 

Getting back to the topic , before we started off with the video , we had to come up with a story line so we had a group discussion and shared all of our ideas. Finally , we decided ! We all had a clear picture of the story line on our heads. Well, all of us thought it was a great idea. Unfortunately, it was not. During the next tutorial we were suppose to give  a short brief about our story line in the class. The feedback given by the classmates were bad. They all said it was "predictable". I truly do appreciate their honesty. Thank you. After all that ,  my group members and I decided to change it to a whole new story (not saying a word about it). SURPRISE ! 

When, we  were about to start shooting our video.One of our close friend, Ming had lost his dad. The news was very devastating for all of us. Our mood's were all down because we really understood how it feels like loosing a dad. Moreover , we the video supposed to be full of comedy , it was pretty hard to fit that in. Then, we left a few gaps in for things to get better. Later on, we had a week of. It was during the Deepavali week so Sham , Darrveena and myself had to celebrate it since it is a tradition in our family every year but we all made sure to be on the weekend itself to get started. 

Thank god, everything went on well. It is all done now. Proud to say we manage to get it done on time without any delay even though we had tough times in between. Just want to say thanks a bunch to all my group members, without your cooperation nothing can be done. Not forgetting, staying back at the campus till 12.00 am editting the video. ( HAHA) . It was one hell great experience for all of us. 

Last but not least , we did our best and hope we had fulfill our lecturer , Mr. Hardip. :D