Shot composition practise

Today we practised shot composition by creating different scenes with only the props around us.

The scenes were:

. Romantic Date in a cafe
. Waiting at the Train Station
. Busy Office
. Dentist Waiting room

This was all quite difficult as we were filming the scenes while we were at school. The Office and Dentist were easier to do compared to the other ones as we had some of the props that you would find in an office or dentist. The props used for the dentist waiting room were tables, chairs, magazines, flowers and a receptionist. For the Office we filmed the school office so it was quite easy as it had all main props.

The Train Station and romantic date were slightly more difficult. With the Train Station we decided to film by a metal fence with a lamp post in the background. This worked well as with train stations there aer usually lamp post and fencing to divide the platform and the car park. We also had one of the actors drop his train ticket which made it obvious to the audience where we were filming. The romantic date was also quite hard as we didn't have any props available for it. We decided to film it on a bench with the two actors holding hands. We had the camera zoom in on them holding hand to emphasize that it is romantic.We had plants and flowers in the background as well which made it more romantic.

Overall i think that the task went well as we were able to see that props whether they are in the background or part of the scene always make a difference when trying to set the scene. We were able to complete every task successfully with them all looking authentic and realistic. This will help us when we start to film our teaser trailer as we have seen how important the props and the lay out of the scene is.