Today I thought I would work on what the positioning of the camera is going to be for my film. It’s important for me to get this right because the film only has one shot; a wide shot of the sofa.
Below shows a diagram I drew of my living room, the location in which I am shooting my film.
Diagram of my living room.
It shows the light sources (that aren’t controlled by me) I am going to need to take into consideration when filming. Most of the scenes in my film will be filmed in the evening/night, so the curtains will be shut and I won’t need to worry about the natural window light so much.
I will make a separate post talking about lighting when I actually get to borrow the equipment from UCA.
The main thing right now is for me to figure out how I’m going to set up my phone. Because I am not using a camera to film my scenes, I can’t use the tripod in the same way as if I was, so instead, I thought about leaning my phone up against something, as there is a cabinet right where I need the camera to be.
I practised different positions for my phone to be, but I found it was difficult to keep the camera upright without it slowly tilting up or down without me touching it, and as I am filming this film with only one camera shot, I need it to stay at the same level the whole time, and I can’t afford for it to slip or change its angle.
I recorded all of my tests for camera angles and positions, but none of them fit the look I want.
Camera Shot Tests:
The first camera position I tried was on a lower shelf of the cabinet. I think that the position itself was good, but maybe a bit lower than I would have wanted and it needs to be pushed forward more, as I only want to capture the sofa, not everything else around it.
Camera position #1, not zoomed in enough.
The next attempt I did was on the top of the cabinet, so the camera was higher, but the object I was learning against kept slipping, so the camera ended up pointing down and not capturing much at all.
This was my least favourite I tried.
Camera position #2, higher, but tilting down
I tried again on the top of the cabinet, but using a different object, but it got in the way so it didn’t work out as the object was blocking my phones lens.
Camera position #3, object blocking lens.
After I removed the object from the lens, the angle didn’t really work either. Not only was the camera slipping, but it also wasn’t close enough to the sofa, and captures even more of the surrounding than position #1.
Camera position #4, not zoomed enough
Conclusion:
Overall, out of all the shots I captured today, shot #1 ended up being my favourite. However none of them are good enough for me, as I need the camera to be closer to the sofa, to be able to capture only the sofa and nothing else.
Because of this I can’t use the cabinet and will need to use a tripod in front of it.
I am going to take out one from UCA when we go back next week, and invest in a tripod phone adapter, to see if that makes any difference in the camera position.
This will also be useful as I can just keep the tripod in place, and not move it, allowing me to be able to film all my scenes hopefully with the shot in the same position. This also means my phone won’t slip as I’m not leaning it against anything.
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