Sound
For the sound task we had to record a couple of us reading part of a script with different types of sound equipment to hear and compare the difference between them. The equipment that we used was the handy audio recorder, headphones, Tascam audio recorder, XLR lead, boom mic and pole and a clapperboard, as well as doing a recording on a phone. The results of these recordings was that we found using the boom mic and pole definitely gets a clearer sound and you have more control on where you can hold it, for example it can be held right above the person speaking. Then the phone recording obviously being being the worst one when played back as all that could be heard was the wind and traffic noises. The handy audio recorder works well but still not as good as the boom mic as you cant stand as close and picks up the other loud noises.
Lighting
In the lighting task we had to try and use low key lighting, high key lighting, experiment with the color gels and also cut up some cardboard to try and create a sort of prison bar effect. The equipment we used was the three point lighting with dimmable bulbs, color gels and camera. The results of these turned out well in what we were trying to create as for the low key lighting we dimmed the lights down and only had one turned on at a time which we then used for each angle so the left side, right side and the center, to only highlight certain parts of the face which is similar to what was used in a certain scene in the film Casa Blanca. For the high key lighting we turned the dimmer on the lights higher and had all three of the light turned on at the same time, to make sure everything was lit up. We then tried lots of different color gels to see how they would look on camera and work together. They also help to create a kind of theme depending on the poses and facial expressions. We tried to create the prison bar effect by cutting up some cardboard but couldn't get it to work despite changing how bright the lights were and the color of them, it didn't create any kind of shadows.
Camera
The camera task we had to use both single-camera and multi-camera techniques. This was done by using three cameras and tri-pods, a slider and a steadicam. To start of with for the first scene which only involved two people we used multi-camera and had one camera at a wide shot, a second camera for a over the shoulder shot and the third camera over the other persons shoulder. Then did that scene again with a single camera and attached it with the second steadicam so there was less wobbling than if you were to hold in free hand. For the second scene we started of again with the multi-camera and had to have the cameras further back as there was three people in the scene this time so it was important to make sure none of the other camera could be seen in any of the others. The camera to the left was a wide shot, the center camera was slightly closer getting a straight ahead view and the camera to the right was about the same distance as the center but got a more side view. Then for the single-camera on this scene we didn't move any of the camera and just used the wide shot once, so everyone in the scene was in frame as well as being equally and clearly seen.
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