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A Day At Home | | | In this project you will shoot one day of your everyday life at home.
You may find it better to choose a weekend when you have more free time and
friends and family are at home. |
Planning
Your first step is to roughly plan what you want to
shoot. For example:
- Exterior shots from your house or apartment.
- Interior shots of the living room and bedrooms - Shots
from your family members/friends doing their activities.
- Short
interviews with your family members/friends.
- Shots from family
activities, like having dinner. Write this down on a piece of paper. You
can add a little more detail to this list but not too much detail of
course. For example, you can specify the type of activities that you want
to shoot. Definitely put some shots with people talking or interviewing in
your list. |
Shooting
In each sequence (section of your shooting) try to
take shots with different frame sizes (e.g. Introductory, medium and
close-up) and different types of shots (e.g. pan, zoom and handheld
moving). Try to figure which type of shot and which frame shot help you to
better tell your story. For example, pan shots are probably appropriate for
exterior shots of your house rather than interviewing shots with your
family. Also, you may want to take some close-ups of family members' faces
. Generally speaking, take more static shots than dynamic shots, and not
too many zoom shots. Try to apply what you've learned when you shoot, but
at same time remember that this is your first project, so don't be afraid
to experiment. Also, try to shoot in different lighting conditions (e.g.
day and night, indoor and outdoor), and be creative with lighting,
especially at night. If you do not use the computer for editing later, you
have to take all the shots in order. By editing with computer you do not
have to take the shots in order that they should appear. You can rearrange
your shots and shorten them. For this project do not record more than 20 to
25 minutes. |
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