I just finnished working 24 days as a Camera trainee.
And the biggest problem I recurrently had was finding the center of frame for slating.
I always semmed to be to the left, right, high or low.
I laways checked the monitor during rehearsals and the length of the lens
to get the distance.
But the camera ops sometimes would change thier frame at the last second
or go wider and then I'm off.
It never seemed to be just right.
It seemed to agrivate the camera ops and the 1st's
Although some of the crew I worked with said it can take up to a year to get it down.
is there a way to judge from in front of the camera where the slate should go?
I found trying to judge from in front of the camera confusing, and it always looked as though
the slate was then way to the left or right of the mattbox from my perspective.
Any one with a surefire way?
THX