Technical Skills Development

For our camera task,we were set out to make a video where 'bad news' has happened, and we made a video where a school student is given a really bad grade - and in this production I was an actor, as well as the person who came up with the idea for the short film, we also had a lesson learning about the camera, and how shutter speed works and how to set up the camera perfectly. The end result was a fairly decent story, with a couple good shots. I learnt the name of a lot of the equipment, and what their purpose is.


In the sound task, we were made to use a boom mic and pole, and to sound record two other people reading a script - both with the protection on the mic and without. The end result was the sound we all recorded. I learnt that not having the protection on the mic really messes with the sound, especially when it is windy - as it was on the day we recorded the sound.


For the lighting, we were tasked to use 3 piece lighting, with gels and such. I was responsible for moving the lights and setting it all up, the end result was that all the photos were really good, and looked very professional. I learnt a lot about the lighting, and how to perfectly set things up when using gels.