Testing of Ideas

I have tested some of my initial and developed ideas.

One of my ideas included using a continuous shot to create tension. The first would take place as an over-the-shoulder shot behind a character walking onto a bus and down the bus aisle. I went onto one of the buses available in the supplied bus depot and used a friend to temporarily portray the character. During the testing, I noticed that the positioning of the actor would be crucial as, during the first run, the actor switched sides, meaning that the shot alternated between the two shoulders. To fix this, I will make sure that the actor walks towards the left side of the camera so that the camera is always over their right shoulder. I also need to make sure that he walks at a reduced speed so that the camera operator can keep up with them.

The second major idea I had was the shot where the female lead would walk into her room and the camera would to a 360 pan around the room and back to her. A problem I faced when testing this was the fact that the room I am planning to use has a small floor space than I anticipated. To solve this, I will try to stand on the spot and move the camera to properly show certain aspects of the room rather than keeping the camera at the same height level.

There was a sound issue I faced with this, however, as the sound operator would need to remain behind me so as to not be in shot when the camera pans, meaning that there may be some background noise. To tackle this, I would disconnect the microphone for this shot and use a buzz track to fill in the sound afterwards.