Preliminary task - Miss Georgiou

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4XNhXJata38
My group consists of me, Tom and Scott, myself and Scott were acting within the preliminary task and Tom was in charge of the camera. Throughout this task we experimented with many different camera angles which we could possibly use in our opening sequence of a thriller movie. We used angels such as;

• Long shot
• Point of view
• Steadicam
• Mid shot

Having completed this preliminary task, we now have experience on how we can film and edit our opening sequence using different angles and editing skills. We learnt how to use the stand and camera and use many techniques for creating different effects using them. However we did struggle to repeat certain angles and positions of the camera when filming the conversation between myself and Scott, this is because we had to change the camera position each time one of us replied in the conversation. This was tricky as we had to return the camera into the exact same place, otherwise the whole clip would have been out of focus.

Within our opening sequence we do plan to use the long shot angle, during the first few shots when our victim is being followed. From our preliminary task we now have knowledge on how to use this in an effective way.  Advantages of carrying out the preliminary task is that we now have an insight on how to film and carry out our filming however a disadvantage to doing this was that Tom filmed it and he will not be the director of photography within our real opening sequence.

Here is screenshots of the camera angles we used within our preliminary task;