Axels Visit!

This time last week, our Media group was visited by a successful camera man called Axel who had worked on filming many huge films! It was really good to have him look at all of our preliminary tasks and give us his professional advice on what we could have improved on and what we need to watch out for when we film our coursework piece.

The first thing Axel pointed out about my task was the headroom above the actors. He explained that the camera should show as much of the person as possible if it is them that we are focusing on and not teh surroundings. And so there should only be a small distance above their heads when filming, whereas in my piece there was quite big space above Shereen and Lizzie.

Axel also explained that because of the varying heights when actors are standing and then sitting, the camera needs to be moved in order to reduce the headroom. However we did have trouble with the Tripod which was missing the part that held the camera and so trying to move it while filming would be tricky as it tended to slide.

Having Axel in to speak to us was really helpful and it would be really great if he could come in and help us with our main tasks! Thanks to him for taking the time to come and chat to us :)