Rebranding

It’s time for a little refresh, now grad projects are in full swing this blog will now be documenting my triumphs and struggles week on week in my role as director and assistant director as well as my experience working on other projects.

Week 5: Lighting (Techniques)

Lighting can set the mood/tone of a piece and there are many ways in which this can be done. It can also be used to just create contrast in the image to make the subject pop. One technique that is commonly used is the 3-point lighting layout. This is often used in interview settings to

Week 4: Lighting (Kits and Safety)

This week we focused on lighting. Lighting is a key aspect to making good quality films as it creates a higher contrast in the image making it easier for the camera to focus on the subject of the image. Good lighting removes the change of having under-exposed images. Lighting also allows for another layer of

Week 3: Composition

In filming and photography there are many ways in which to obtain an aesthetically pleasing shot, these are rules to be followed and broken in order to aid story telling and artistry. There are many rules, however we only discusses a select few in detail. The Rule of Thirds This simply the idea that images

Week 2: Sound

In our sound session we we guided through both the internal and external microphones on the Panasonic AC160. We were also taught how to level the sound to ensure upon playback it wasn’t too loud or quiet. The internal and external microphones are controlled by a small control panel on the side of the camera.

Week 1: Camera Basics

The camera, arguably the most important creative instrument in TV can appear quite daunting to a new user however after some practice over the basics, things made more sense. The main functions we looked at on the Panasonic AC160, were different ways in altering the exposure. We learnt about the exposure triangle and how light