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I decided to film some test footage the week before i wanted to shoot my final project.  I scouted some destinations around London that i felt would fit with my theme.  The test shots really helped me for the next week and here is the link for them:

http://www.vimeo.com/17452572

The test shots helped me majorly and i will go through why shot by shot.

1.    The 1^st shot is a long shot a character sitting on a sofa.  I think the exposure is okay within this shot, however the composition is poor as there is too much going on in the shot, i think the focus is good however overall i feel the shot was poor and put me off using this kind of shot in my final project.

2.    The 2^nd shot was a mid shot of a character sitting on a sofa, I quite liked the composition of this shot as it placed the character on one side of the shot and had empty space filled with graffiti, this is a key theme i found with film and isolation.  I don’t think the shot was strong enough however to get into the final project as although I did quite like the composition it wasn’t quite right in respect of replicating stuff that I had seen before.

3.    The 3^rd shot is also a mid shot of a character sitting on a sofa, this shot was out of focus and gave me a better idea of how to use the LCD screen on the Panasonic 151 as it is hard to tell if it’s in focus if subjects are far away.  My initial idea was to get a short depth of field with the character being solely in focus and the background not.  This didn’t quite materialise but gave me valuable experience with the camera.

4.    The 4^th shot is a long shot of a character walking into the distance, i was losing light at this point and tried to change the exposure to make the shot work, however this didn’t happen and the shot looked too dark and noisy.  I did quite like the composition and used it as inspiration for some of the shots that made my final project.

5.    The 5^th shot is of a character leaning on a graffiti covered door frame, the focus and exposure levels are good, however the composition again I felt was not good enough.

Another key point I got out of my test footage was to hold on to shots for a lot longer than I normally would, I realised I was rushing my shots when filming test footage and took that on board when filming my final project.

Conclusion

Overall, I am happy with my final project.  There were certain aspects i feel i could of done better, my quality of image is a bit noisy at times and my exposure levels are sometimes too high, however i feel i have improved as the module had progressed.

Here is the link for the final project:

http://www.vimeo.com/17452208