Week 10 - Filming

This week I also filmed my opening sequence.
As my shots were uotdoors they were very weather dependant, luckily the weather was good enough to film in. I did however bring an umbrella along with me incase of rain.

Before I went out filming I ensured that the battery was charged and that I has a spare battery with me. I also ensured that the tape in the camera was new and brought along a spare incase anything happened to it.

Due to some time cheduling errors Jamie could not attend filming untill later in the day, I therefore made the deicision to change the opening to have Ruby studying in her room and recieve the text message instead of Alex, this decision has no relevance to the plot of the film but made filming easier.

I also took the time to familiarize myself with different camera shots and angles:

Shots

Long Shot - This shows the entire subject in the frame
Mid Shot - This shows some part of the subject in more detail while still giving an impression of the whole subject
Close Up - This is when part of the subject takes up the fill frame
Extreme Close Up - This is when the close up is shown in more detail, often just of eyes or a mouth
Two-Shot - A mid shot with two subjects framed similarly
Over-The-Shoulder - A shot of the back of one subject in the foreground and the front of another in the background
Point-of-view - A shot from one subjects point of view

Angles

Eye-level - This is the most neutral shot, it shows the subject as we would usually see it
High-angle - This shot has the camera at a high angle, looking down at the subject. It makes the subject less powerful and sigificant
Low-angle - This shot has the camera at a low angle, looking up at the subject. It makes the subject more powerful and dominant

I used all of these shots and angles in my opening sequence, which I will describe in more detail in my next post.