Reflection on 5th Jan, '09.

Our main focus in this lesson was to practise our dolly zoom shot.

As the school did not have any dollies, we had to make do with the rolling chairs. We then had to figure out how to put the tripod on the chair, and then realised that it will be the easiest if someone just sat in the chair.

We practised in the multimedia lab. But didn't notice any difference. We came to two conclusions: the background was too close to the subject, or we weren't dollying fast/long enough. The room was small and we were running out of space; I was going to hit something soon! we decided to go outside in the corridors.

When we are really filming, it would not be appropriate to set up a dolly in the corridor, as the floor is not smooth at all. But because we were just practising/testing, it didn't matter. As we went the whole length of corridor very quickly, ryan said that he did see the background change. I didn't see it though, as I was pulling the chair back.