James Chitemo

James Chitemo

I have what it takes to become whoever I want

Location Tanzania

Activity

  • James Chitemo made a comment
    What are shooting patterns?
  • James Chitemo made a comment
    What is a sequence?

    Firstly, Thank you for the scene, it triggered my emotions and lastly i ended up happy for the hero.

    Secondly, the use of separate shots made it easier to position a camera in different angles.

    Thirdly, the difference with the current movies can be observed on the use of lightning to make films look brighter, Kudos to Mr. Rover who made this work...

  • James Chitemo made a comment
    Week 1 Conclusion

    Happy to complete my week one, Yes! I really enjoyed since I'm very new to this career.

    I learned priceless skills ofcourse, thank you our facilitators.

    My point to note here is, this skills need to go hand in hand with practices,

  • James Chitemo replied to Callum Chadwick
    Exposure and focus

    Oooh, very insightful.

  • James Chitemo made a comment
    Filming enough

    Great insights for sure.

    I've realised minor steps matters the most when doing filming.

    Back to my old times in school, the Director was just counting to three, it wouldn't be the same if he had counted to ten.

  • James Chitemo made a comment
    Pre-shot checklist

    Great lesson of course.

  • James Chitemo made a comment
    Analyse a short film extract

    The camera angles shows what anyone is doing to a particular activity, it conveys enough information about the activity.

  • James Chitemo replied to Michael Mischler
    Composition: Framing your shot

    Thank you for clarification Tom.

  • James Chitemo made a comment
    How is shot size used?

    This is insightful of course

  • James Chitemo made a comment
    How do you 'read' a film scene?

    Thank you for the tips and checklist,

    Attention to details matters in making a great film.

  • James Chitemo replied to [Learner left FutureLearn]
    Why do films use separate shots?

    Amazing, long shot but catching audience's attention

  • James Chitemo made a comment
    Why do films use separate shots?

    Now I came to realise why most of films I used to watch in Tanzania seems to be boring,

    This is helpful skills of course.

    The reason, I think they are not aware of the importance of using multiple shots on their works.

  • James Chitemo made a comment
    How does a short film tell a story?

    Many shots means, there is alot of messages behind to be conveyed

  • James Chitemo made a comment
    Watch a short film

    The story body was very interesting to me, and I need to learn more on how I can be competent in developing the story boards.

  • James Chitemo made a comment
    Watch a short film

    I counted, there are 39 shots

  • James Chitemo made a comment
    Why are you here?

    Hi everyone,
    I'm from Tanzania, a country in Eastern part of Africa.

    I love story telling, and I believe there is a lot of unheard stories that need to be aired out.

    The movie industry in Tanzania is hugely untapped, henceforth, there is many untold stories in Africa and Tanzania in particular.

    I decided to quit the traditional way of sharing...

  • James Chitemo made a comment
    Navigating the course

    Thank you for sharing about Padlet, I haven't used before but I really enjoyed it after signed up

  • James Chitemo made a comment
    Meet your tutors

    Hi everyone, I am a teacher but now this is the new career I am interested to dive into, since I am a beginner to this course, I look forward learning many things from you all

    Cheers