18/11/09
As part of our degree we have the opportunity to attend workshops provided by media professionals, these act as an insight into the industry and provide us with knowledge which we can apply to our own projects.
Alan Duxbury
Alan Duxbury is a professional cameraman who has extensive knowledge of the industry, he has worked alongside Stephen Fry and Ray Mears.
Within his workshop Alan discussed different ways to frame shots, and grab the audiences attention by focusing on the most important object within the frame. He also spoke about how to position subjects within the frame, with a special attention on working with presenters.
He then moved on to talk about camera movement with presenters and effective ways of creating emotional responses:
Tracking in - this builds up tension
Tracking out - this eases tension, perhaps used to introduce something
Tracking sideways - encourages critical observation
Craning up - elation, superiority
Craning down - depression, tension
High shot- superiority, CCTV
Low shot - authority
Alan talked us through how a director/cameraman relationship works and gave us advice as new comers to the industry.
Elements of lighting were also a topic within the discussion such as the uses of lighting - mood lighting, highlighting contributor, depth, convey time of day, focus attention.
This workshop mostly helped Siobhan as camera operator. It provided her with advice and techniques to improve upon her framing, lighting and camera movement, these skills will all be utilised within our final year project.
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