Test Shots

In our storyboards, we had included a couple of shots for which we would probably need some practice, and which we may need to change if they weren't going to work. For example, we planned to have the camera tracking a phone to the floor, and also tracking a knife to the floor. However, after these test shots we have found that these tracking shots aren't going to work, as it is far too difficult to follow a falling object in time. It also looks quite unprofessional as the camera is very unsteady when trying to track it. Alternatively, we tried keeping the camera on the floor, slightly angled upwards so that we could see the characters feet and legs. This looked much more effective and professional as the character dropped the object into the frame, and this will be the form of shooting we will go with for our real footage. We also tested out close up shots of characters faces to experiment with facial expressions and shot distances.

by Rebecca Hart