Today we carried on with the final scenes of our opening sequence. We clarified again at the start of the lesson that our opening sequence would be arranged like a montage of scenes which fade in and out of the photograph title pan sequence we filmed last week.
Firstly we started filming panning scenes of Tom and Sophie as they walked along a fence. This is again, an invisible camera shot rather than a perception of stalker shot, which are used later on in the sequence. We chose this location due to its normality and the fact that is near a forest with trees and bushes, these objects will help us when filming stalker perception shots, due to the foreground of the shot which will hopefully include trees so it will increase the verisimilitude because it will give the impression that the stalker is hiding.
Above are location shots of the first scene we filmed today.
We filmed Tom and Sophie walking along the fence just talking normally, we filmed this shot using an invisible camera and just panned. (This shot was filmed by Josh Curran). We again wanted various camera shot types and angles to be Incorporated in this opening titles to show our skills but more importantly make it interesting for the audience to watch.
Josh filmed these shots from different positions as you can see above, to again, make the shots vary and make the scenes more interesting. Josh also filmed several close ups so that the audience can see what the actors look like, therefore can relate to their teenage appearance and more importantly, hopefully link their faces back to the montage of photos playing throughout the opening sequence.
These are all stills showing the different camera angles used in this sequence.
After we filmed this scene we filmed the stalker perception shots from behind the trees in the centre area in the location shot above. This shot consisted of Tom and Sophie just talking, then Sophie looking directly at the camera (stalker) and turning Tom around to look at it. Every time they looked the camera (stalker) got more and more of the tree trunk (which I was stood behind), in the lens, to give the impression he is avoiding being spotted. Then they both look around and see him, the camera falls to the floor, and shows the stalker running after them. (This shot was taken by Andrew Tinley). This shot wasn't easy to film, due to the fact that we had to make it look as if the camera had been dropped by the stalker, in a panic, but still fall in a way where it looks realistic and also land angled, so that the audience can still see the stalker running towards its victims. This was also a tricky shot because we had to make it look as if it is being dropped, however keeping hold of it all the way down, to prevent damage. We had tree trucks surrounding the tree, therefore it was handy that it could fall on one of the trunks, angled so it can still capture the stalker running and Tom and Sophie running away. We filmed two shots of this, due to the fact it was tricky and unpredictable to shoot. The first time, luckily looked quite good, the second time, however when it dropped the camera must have lent on a branch, therefore making the screen fuzz and go all distorted then returning back to the actual footage we intended to take. This looked quite unique and actually added to the fact we intended it to look as if it had been dropped and fallen from quite a height, so when we get to editing we will chose which shot portrays this dramatic climax better.
This was a location shot of the pan shot I took of Tom and Sophie running through woods.
After this we filmed sections in the forest, which was located behind the trees which showed Tom and Sophie running through this, aiming to get away from the stalker. (This shot was taken by Andrew Tinley). This panning shot was just taken twice in different areas throughout the woods to gain a sense of entrapment. I also filmed a pan shot of Josh's (stalker's) shoes to show that he is going to get them, but this isn't shown.
We just need to finish my characters climax, we are arranging to do that on Wednesday morning, period 3 (which we are all off). Then we can start editing on Friday 12th March.
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