My Contribution

During this task i believe that every pulled their weight in terms of their individual roles, everyone understood what they had to do and got it done to the best of their ability. My role a cinematographer was to get the shots we needed and to get them in a way that would tell the story not only clearly but creatively as well.

I decided straight away that i wanted to shoot using a wide lens, i wanted to do this because i knew i would be shooting in a very small space and i thought to emphasise that i would attempt to show as much of the room as possible. Using influences such as Wes Anderson and the Coen Brothers who often use a wide lens frequently i learnt the best way to compose the shot with it in wide. This was either having the the subject dead centre of the frame with it symmetrical on either side or to have subject stick to one side of the frame. In this case i used a lot of shots in which the subject stayed in one side of the frame including my close up shots i would have only one eye in frame or part of the face.

I enjoyed my role as cinematographer and learnt a lot from experimenting with different techniques, while doing this task I also took on the role as director due to the fact it was only me who was around during the actual filming. Which meant it was my job to get the performance out of my actor and get them to portray the image that i wanted. I think she managed to do quite well being that she isn't a real actor and I think i did well to convey my ideas to her in order for her to give that performance.

when filming i decided to do two lengthy shots of the subject doing her make up, one in which she does it normally and the second being the one where she messes it all up. I decided to shoot these out in full as I believed it to be the most efficient way of getting all the coverage i needed. I then went back and got all the smaller shots i needed, all of my close ups, all of my little interchanging shots that we put in-between her doing her makeup. This will have made the editors job slightly harder which at the time i didn't see but looking back its clear that it wasn't the best way i could have filmed it.

I'm proud of the product i have created and the contribution i made to the group in order to finish this task and I'm also proud of how well my group has worked together to create this film.