Test Shots

To practice with my camera skills, I went out with my friends (one who is being the artist) and took some test shots to show panning, tilting, still shot, zooming and 2 shot. The reason I wanted to practice these is because I wanted to make sure that I was ok with the filming and that I had done it right. Also, if there are any mistakes within the shots regarding my technique, I can improve on these for the actual product. For example: in the shot where I zoomed in, my camera was very shaky so it made the shot look unprofessional. I know that if I am planning on zooming in at all in my video, to have my camera on a tripod before doing it so that it will not shake.



In the first shot, I practiced my panning skills. Before doing this, I thought it would be quite easy to do but after filming it and looking back at it, I realized it is harder than I thought as the camera was quite shaky. I think this is due to me doing it freehand rather than using a tripod as I did not have this equipment when I went out to film these shots. I have realized if I am wanting to have a pan within my video that I will have to use a tripod and from doing this test shot I have from this mistake.

In the second shot, I practiced my tilting stills as I am going to use this skill in my video. Again, before doing this I thought it was going to be an easy shot to film but after filming it and looking back, I realized that it was going to be harder than I thought. I also didn't use a tripod for this shot as I thought it would be easier to do it freehand but obviously by looking at the shot you can see that the shot is shaking. I have learnt from this and I am definitely going to use a tripod when I film this shot in my actual video.

In the third shot, I practiced my still shots. I thought this worked fairly well considering I didn't use a tripod but I do think I could have framed it a lot better and also you can see that it shakes a little bit so if I was to do a shot like this in my video, I would definitely need to use a tripod.

In my fourth shot, I practiced my zooming skills. This didn't work so well as the camera shakes a lot when I zoom in and also the way I have zoomed in isn't very smooth at all, it jumps a few times. I was planning on using this skill in my video and I am still going to try as it might work better on a tripod but if not, I will have to use a different technique as I do not want it to look unprofessional.

In the fifth shot, I practiced my tilting skills again. I feel as though this time it worked out better as it is a lot smoother and the camera doesn't shake as much. I am happy with this shot and I know that I can do a tilt well.

In the sixth shot, I practiced filming a 2 shot. I wanted to do this as I wanted to be able to frame it correctly as in my video I am having a lot of 2 shots so I need to learn to have the 2 people in the frame so it has a good composition. I feel as though this has worked well but I may have to zoom out a bit if I was filming for my actual video as I have cut some of the persons head of at the top. Also, the shot is a bit blurry so I will have to make sure my camera is focused properly when doing it for real.