Status Report Nov 12

Have had 2 shootings. One with the actual activity of my sister shooting her first take of her film, the other with me interviewing my sister about her life. I still need to do both of these again, but now I have a better idea of what shots I need to get. Both of these were just to see how the flow would go, so I just left the camera running and recording a medium-closeup of the whole event. For both of the next shoots, I plan to get a plethora of close-ups. I am currently sorting through and trying to figure out exactly what close-ups I should get for b-roll.
That is where I am at right now. Going fairly well, but I need to speed up a bit if I am going to get a quality piece. See you in class!

Camera

For my previous project, I used my sister's Cannon 60D DLSR camera, which has a very shallow range of focus. It can make the background look cool and out of focus, but it also is hard to keep the people I am shooting in focus, as them even wobbling back and forth slightly can cause them to be out of focus again. For my next project, I am using my parents Cannon Vixia HFG20 Digital Camcorder. The camcorder is different than the DSLR in that it has a much deeper range of focus. It also has several features that the DSLR didn't, such as the zebras feature we discussed in class and an auto-focus feature that can help for those moving shots that I am unable to repeat in the documentary. Overall, I am very happy to be changing to a different camera that is better suited to my needs for this project. See you all in class!