Sunday, 29 March 2015

CONSTRUCTION: FORREST SCENES

Today I will focus on the filming that we have done in the forrest.

Our film has various scenes set in the forrest. I have filmed and directed in various scenes in the forrest.

In the scene below I was filming a 180 degree shot. This had to be shot freehand as the ground was too rough to use a dolly to move the camera on a tripod. I had to move carefully and slowly to film. We decided we liked the idea of shaky camera work as it provided an accurate insight into the tension and stress felt by the terrified character. The close up of the character's face enables us to see her eyes and her head dart as she looks around. The spinning gives the impression that India does not know where to run to.






I also film a panning shot in which India is seen running past the camera. I experimented with various angles. I used the tripod to gain height with the camera angling it downwards so that her legs and feet are seen running past the camera. I eventually moved the camera with her panning it so that it provided the audience with a feeling that they are also experiencing the feeling of escape that India is going through. It helped to make the audience feel they were going with her. I also did a panning shot that consisted of a mid shot of india running. We eventually decided that focusing on her feet put emphasis on the desperate escape she was going through. The dark lighting helped to show the despair and therefore shows how we have considered the mis-en-scene in our opening. The leaves on the ground clearly signal that she is running through woodlands or a forrest.




In this scene it was necessary to show India running towards the camera. Kate filmed Demi using a close up and extreme close up of her mouth and her cheek. We used these close ups as we wanted to show the fear and we used audio to emulate this fear. We used heavy breathing to show her fear and the effort she had put into her escape. The mis-en-scene helped to establish this as the cut on her face can clearly be seen in one of the shots. I assisted with directing this and decided how best to do this; we discussed whether to use a panning shot here and filmed at various angles to show the cut on her face.




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