Problems With Filming

When we were filming the quick shots for our chase scene we thought about doing a close up of one of the characters faces as they were running. We thought this would be good because it helped give us more variety in shots and would improve the chase scene but when it came to filming the shot itself we had some difficulty. Because Ellie's character was running we found it hard to get a stable and good shot which would show her facial expression because the person filming would also have to be running. We did a trial shot but unfortunately it was too jumpy and we decided to leave this shot out of our orginal final piece.

From past filming projects we had done through out the year we decided it would be best if we started the scenes with a establishing shot to introduce the audience to our location. We thought it would be good to have a pan establishing shot because it starts the scene with energy and movement and this helps introduce the chase scene. I think using a pan helps vary our shots and over all makes the whole scene seem interesting and more exciting. However we decided that this shot didnt really fit as well with the mood of the chase and the upbeat running because it seemed quite peaceful and didnt fit to the genre as well as it could have. After reviewing this shot, if we were to film again we would have used an extreme long shot to get a sense of geography but it would also flow well with the chase scene.

 

For our first draft of filming we scouted out the location and looked around to see where we could film the dialogue scenes to make it fit well to our genre. We found a archway which was slightly shaded and it looked like a good area for the dialogue scene. Unfortunely we had some trouble with the amount of space we had to get the good shots that we needed and we couldn't set the tripod in the right way which meant we constantly had a problem with continuity. Instead we decided to film the dialogue scene somewhere else in order to get a better overall piece.