Camera Activity

Our first activity with camera was to do an interview with random people. We were given a sheet of paper with an interview questionnaire and a camera to interview and record people.

As it was a group activity, I was working with Ella and Shahida. We shared the duties, one had to hold the camera and film the interviewee, while another person is asking the questions and the third person's directing, then we swap the places. We also had the option to chose our own location and ask our own questions. 

So we started from Kingsland road, going towards Shorditch and Brick lane. The interviewees were mostly people waiting for buses or sitting outside shops and cafes, or just a pedestrian. In Brick Lane we recorded some good shots of the shops with the shopkeepers being interviewed. We found two nice shopkeepers and a photographer to find answers to our questions.

At first I found it quite embarrassing to go to people and ask for interview but after a while I liked to hold the camera and try different angles. We were trying to use variety of angles and shot types, we used high and low angles, and closeup, medium and long shots and sometimes just leaving the camera on while walking down the street, just to see how the footage will look like, we also used the music as background in some of the shots -like the one in trainer shop-. Background picture was also an important factor, as it adds more meaning and effect to the footage. It was a really good practise with the camera, for trying out different camera angles and shots after being taught in the lesson.