Today I continued to help edit footage of our film opening, The Unhinging. Due to changes in the weather and circumstances whilst filming, some shots we had planned to film (shown in our shot list) weren't possible. Therefore we found ourselves digressing from the plan of our shot list and in some cases adding more shots in areas of the film opening. For example in the forrest scenes showing India running through clearings in the forrest.However, whilst editing we tried our best to follow our original shot list; in areas where we filmed different shots or added more shots we slotted them in areas where we thought were appropriate.
Whilst re-filming shots in the basement of the beginning stages of India escaping our antagonists house, we decided that a match-on-action shot would be appropriate. We did this (as shown in the videos below) by having India walking straight towards the camera almost walking into the lens and covering it completely therefore making the shot completely opaque. This created a momentary 'black out'.
Thereafter, we turned the camera anti-clock wise 90 degrees and shot India walking up the stairs of the basement, having just her ankles and lower legs in the shot. This created an interesting shot that conveyed a sense of mystery and suspense.
In class I watched a tutorial about a thriller movie Drive and how they used different shots, following a technique called the quadrant system, to split up the shot into four sections. As my film opening is of the thriller genre I found this very interesting as I saw similarities.
Each section told a story; therefore telling four stories in one shot. This allows the audience to witness each character in the frames story offering depth to each shot and the story they are conveying.
Each section told a story; therefore telling four stories in one shot. This allows the audience to witness each character in the frames story offering depth to each shot and the story they are conveying.
By watching this video (as shown below), gave me inspiration to make use of the match-on-action shot we filmed (as explained above) and experiment with using a diverse range of shots. In the future I will definitely take the quadrant system into consideration as appears to be an effective technique.
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