Evidence of video experimentation

I experimented with some filming techniques that I would need in the filming of my thriller opening and evidenced this above.

One of the techniques that I experimented with was a tracking shot. In order to to this I mounted the camera onto a tripod and placed this on the tracking dolly. After familiarising myself with the camera and the workings of the tripod, I had a few practice runs, without filming, of guiding the tripod and camera along the tracks without it running off the ends. When I was confident with this I then started to record Alison walking across the room. I directed Alison to walk quite slowly to start with so that it gave me the chance to keep up with her. After a short time, she was instructed to walk at a normal pace and I soon mastered the art of moving the camera swiftly along the track in order to keep up with the walking pace.

The next technique that I practiced was the 'over the shoulder shot' and 'shot, reverse shot'. This was because one of the scenes for my thriller opening is of two policemen sitting either side of a desk and having a conversation about the murder of a girl. To do this I needed to consider the careful positioning of my tripod and camera so that I could get each of the actors in view. I found this reasonably easy after learning that I did not have to keep moving the camera from one actor to another throughout the conversation. I learnt about the most basic of continuity rules, which is the 180 degree rule. This is important when filming dialogue between two actors.