Firestone Shots

The opening shot of this sequence is a suspense building shot because it fades out from|dark into the characters running at each other. This is my favourite shot because I like how it begins quite blurry and dark, so you can't really see what is going on, but then you can see the suspense between the two main characters as the face each other. I also like how they run together, because we could cut it off just as they would hit each other which would leave the audience hanging on how the scene could end. We then took some over the shoulder shots of the characters running at each other, which was using a variety of shots. We had some issues with this shooting because by the time we got round to doing it the clocks had already gone forward, and the earliest we could go was straight after school at half three ish, which meant it was already getting dark. However, I think we managed to survive quite well given the circumstances. The next few shots are a variety of Bella teaching Henry how to do the stage combat, with it looking effective for our trailer. You can hear the dialogue of Bella teaching Henry throughout this shoot, and also Tayler and I giving our feedback on how it looks. I really like the shot where the camera is positioned underneath Bella as she pushes Henry against a wall. I like the light seeping through from the trees as it lights the whole scene up in quite a dramatic manner. The next few is a variety of punching shots, but you can see that the light is fading drastically as they progress. We came up with the idea of shooting Bella punch Henry from behind him, so as to include a bigger variety of shots. Following on from this, we thought about shooting from below, which I think was a brilliant idea, because once again, it lights up the scene differently. The last shot was of Henry pushing Bella to the floor of the forest, but once again, the light was almost completely gone by this point, so we will have to lighten it up in post production.

Problems and solutions:
- The light was very limited, so we will have to sort it out in post production, or film again on a day when we can make it earlier.
- Sometimes you can't really see anything on the costumes, so we painted over them to help with visibility.
- There was a chance that Bella or Henry might get injured by the stage combat going wrong, so we ensured we did practise shots and made sure that both of them were fully trained to help prevent this. We also removed any dangerous items that were lying around to help to further prevent injuries.
- Finally, because we were in a forest, the ground wasn't completley stable to hold uip our tripod. To help make it sturdy we took a platform made of a plank of wood with us, which help to make sure the shots were straight.