1. BASIC VIDEO PRODUCTION
2ND SHOOTING EXERCISE
“PROFILE BLOCKING”
DESCRIPTION: Exercise on camera handling, zoom and focus pulling, composition and blocking
NEEDS:
1) Camera and Tripod
2) Two talents
3) Heart
NOTES:
1) Check your settings: 24p / 16:9, Manual Focus
2) Start and end the project with a color bar
3) For every shot, count to 5-7 seconds before cutting.
SHOT LIST:
1) WS 2-SHOT of SUBJECT A and SUBJECT B by the windows. SUBJECT A faces away from SUBJECT B.
2) SHIFT FOCUS CU from SUBJECT A (foreground) to SUBJECT B (background)
3) MS OF SUBJECT B
4) CU OF SUBJECT A
5) ECU of SUBJECT B’s lips
6) ECU of SUBJECT A’s eyes
7) SHIFT FOCUS CU of SUBJECT B’s hand
8) MS of SUBJECT B
9) MS of SUBJECT A then closes eyes
10) WS 2-SHOT, SUBJECT B approaches SUBJECT A, then stops at a near-distance.
11) MS of SUBJECT A facing SUBJECT B, OTS
12) REVERSE SHOT MS of SUBJECT B looking at SUBJECT A, OTS
13) SHIFT FOCUS, ECU OF SUBJECT A’s eyes
14) CU of SUBJECT B smiles
15) REVERSE SHOT SUBJECT A smiles
16) WS of SUBJECT A and SUBJECT B FRAMED LEFT, then DEFOCUS