Studio Shoot 4- Studio Build Workshop

Today we had Anne and Chris who showed us the art of set building. The idea was to get the 'Flat's' and assemble them together. The flats worked out as 4 flats across and to at the sides joint together. One piece of the wood was the hole/crack that the actor/actress will break through, so we found a Flat that had a door shape carved out of it and nailed in a few pieces of ply wood as we don't want the hole to be too big. Nick previously worked for a theatre, which came in handy when it came to making the set.

Nick working on putting the set together. 

We were then shown the different camera rig's that we could use for example the 'Spyder Dolly', which allows the grip to smoothly move the cameraman along on a track or without. The cameraman can move around on the seat to allow smooth movement. 

Thomas on the dolly. 

The next dolly we were shown was powered by a motor that needs to be charged that powers the movement of the camera and the seat, to allow for smooth up and down movement of the camera. 

We were then shown the green screen and how to light the subject accurately. Katherine experimented with the lights and we managed to discover some interesting lighting techniques that if we could achieve, would look really good for our DFSA advertisement. 

Lauren, our test subject as we experimented with lighting.