Grindleford Shoot

As part of the assessment for this module, we had to create our own short film and write up a 500 word essay for an accompaniment. The film itself did not need a narrative and was simply to allow us to experiment and get used to the cameras and settings.

Unfortunately for our we group, we failed to check the camera settings prior to shooting which rendered half of our footage unusable. This however was not a complete setback as it taught us a valuable lesson in checking the format and ratios of the equipment and the effects it can have when it comes to the editing stage of film making.

Grindleford Birds Eye View

Our saviour fortunately, was as the image shows, the size of our location which allowed a range of different focus points and so we were able to capture a variety of extra footage which was usable.

The equipment we used included: A zoom audio recorder, Canon XF100 camera, Manfroto tripod, Audio Technica AT8015 and a boom pole.

When shooting we also attempted to incorporate the use of the golden ratio as shown below.

Golden Ratio (Rule of Thirds)