First Shoot Evaluation

Looking back on my first shoot for my psychoanalysis film, I believe that it was relatively successful overall, although I can see that there are definitely some improvements to be made and things that I would do slightly differently if I were to shoot again. I felt as though I had limited time to film, as we started the shoot in the mid-afternoon and with it being winter and therefore it getting dark early, it meant that I had only a few hours to get the clips that I needed. For the limited time that I had, I feel as though I did get a fair amount of footage, although it is not all at the highest quality. I used a Canon 700D camera to film, however, I feel as though if I had used a Canon 5D Mark II, the quality of video would have been at much higher standard as this camera is much more suitable for film than a standard DSLR camera is.


Throughout the filming process, I used a wide variety of shot types and camera movements (pans, close-ups, medium close-ups etc), which I think is effective because it makes the video look more visually interesting, however, I would have liked to have shot an even wider variety, including establishing shots, extreme close ups, extreme long shots etc. Below are some stills from the clips that I have that illustrate the kind of shot types and camera movements that I utilised. 

Medium Close-Up

Close-Up

Medium Close Up

Mid Long-Shot