lights, camera, action

Last year I go to be partly apart of a documentary. This documentary was called “American teen”. Some how my high school was picked for this film and about to of my peers were picked as the “main” followed people as we liked to call them. The documentary caused a lot of controversy through out the school year but what I want to write about is the different shots that’s I saw them taking. The most used shot was the shoulder shot. Where the camera man carried the camera on his shoulder and fallowed the people around. I saw this being used at all kinds of different places like, at football games in the stands, in the hallways at school, and in the cafeteria. The other type is mounted. This meaning the camera is on a stand. This was also used a great deal during basketball games, classes, and interviews. Because two of my very close friends were one of the “people that they fallowed” they asked me to do an interview. They did this with a mounted camera. Also the interview was a close up. I learned a lot about camera and video production from the camera crew (as we liked to call them). It was a very cool experience and I’m excited for it to come out so we can watch it.