Camera movement
Brief
To create a running chase scene between two characters, you must come up with a 30 second outdoor chase scene focusing on shot types and camera movement. You must include;
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Outdoor college location
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3 camera movements
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Handheld camera
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Mixture of tracking shots
Ideas:
-Someone gets their phone/precious item stolen and chases after the person.
-Person receives mysterious phone call informing them that they're being followed...runs away
-Person finds out that they're close friend/person they know is the killer to a string of murders confronts them and chases them down
Research
-Shots are around 1-3 seconds long, with longer shots the focus tends to change half way through if its of a person or camera movement presenting the location/scenery to the audience.
-When following a person, many quick shots (sometimes less than 1 second) from different angles are used on the person the camera is following.
- If the person the camera is following does an action, for example pulls out a gun from their pocket, a close up is often used to signify the stress the character is under.
-Every 5-10 seconds a short shot of background characters is shown, for example civilians in a fight scene wtching on.
For my research i used the following clips:
Review
For this task we each had twenty minutes to film a chase scene I was the director of my video and therefore would be acting in other peoples chase scenes. I think I was successful at completing the brief to the full extent. One thing I would change in my chase scene would be to include more close up shots showing facial expressions of both characters. To prepare for this i created a shot list of all the different angles I wanted to include and how often they should alternate. My team and I made sure to communicate well as we knew we were under a strict time limit so we had to be organised.
One issue we faced was that the tripod i was using broke halfway through filming and so for some shots I had to hold the camera myself which meant I had to be extra careful to keep the camera steady. A skill I had to demonstrate was leadership and being able to take control of a group of people in order to recreate my vision of how I wanted my chase scene to turn out. In regards to equipment, this task taught me how to move the camera at a steady pace while also making sure the camera caught everything in frame.
If we had an extension of time I could perhaps do some retakes and perfect smaller details however I am pleased with how my edit came out. My favourite part of shooting this task was working with a team that all equally understood the task and goal this meant we could all help each other with our respective chase scenes.