Experimental/Recon Shoot

After doing a small recon shoot, which allows me to see the location in the form of video instead of  a still image story board I have editing some rough footage together in many different ways to see what works best.  I decided to do a recon/experimetnal shoot system instead of a storyboard at this point as the location (the woods) is very hard to map out and storyboard accuratly. And in this shoot I did not focus on sound so there isn't any.

 

In this sequence I like the opening shot where it quickly zooms out, however this does not fit the style of film that I want. I also like using the high angle from the tree where you can see the branch in front, this is beause it makes it feel surreal. The ending of this sequence cuts of as the person touches him, this is because I will cut away from that and onto the main character waking up. The final cut in the sequence would work better if there is a fast manual zoom, which will make it seem as if it is moving into the character and not just cutting across

This is a very simple shot and it uses a single shot tracking around the woods. One of the main issues with this shot is that the main character becomes very hard to see in the scene. However this shot will be cross cut with a shot going up the stairs in the real world house

I like the opening shot of this sequence as it slowly announces the revels the main character. I will also add the sounds of a boy counting over the top to show what they are doing. I also like the shot with the white twigs in the foreground uing a shallow depth of field with the character in the background defocused. I find that it is very similar to some shots in 'Eden' as that uses focus to change it.

 I like the opening shot of this sequence because it allows for the main character to be slowly revealed. I also like to use it because it shows the full size of the tree, making it tower over him, while as it tracks down the character is pulled into full view.

 The second to last shot was used instead of the high angle shot from the tree allows for a closer look at what the character. This shot needed to be cut sooner, when the mix of twigs is in the shot. This is because all of the shots after this long tracking shot are cut too fast making it seem out of order.

In this I attempted an earlier editing but putting it into soft focus to see the effect. This defocused feel doesn't work in the majority of the footage but works wee on the opening shot because that is more surreal as it tilts down from looking at the tree. But I will have to transition into the full focus carefully as a cut would not seem organic

This opening of the film will  be cross cut with a tracking shot going up a set of stairs in the real life boys house. And these sequence would end with the main character waking up in bed after the dream/nightmare. Through all of these test shots I have learnt that to get the best effect I will have to use a steadicam to control the stability of the camera whilst moving.