These are behind the scenes photos from the shooting of our movie trailer. In this photo we can see Arron, our camera operator, recording a scene with me, Tyler and Ellie. In this scene, the three characters we play are talking about their missing friend and how the police aren't doing much about it. They decide to take matters into their own hands and go look for their missing friend. As a group, we decided to have the three characters in a circle with our camera operator in the center of us all. As we all acted out the scene, Arron spun around on the chair to capture all of our characters when they spoke. We did seven takes to make sure that we got the right one. In the original storyboard, our characters said their line and then it cut to another shot and then back to the character until we had all spoke and we were orignally meant to be in the woods. But we all really liked the idea of Arron using a whip pan by spinning around on the chair and capturing us all talking. This use of the whip pan is to reveal the characters and new information to the audience. We also thought it made more sense for us to be in college instead of the woods as we had not started looking for the missing person.
Information from: https://www.masterclass.com/articles/how-to-use-a-pan-shot-when-shooting-a-film#what-is-a-pan-shot
In the final shot of my trailer, there is a POV/handheld shot of two of the protaginists running away from someone or something through the woods. The shaky camera movement as they run creates a feeling of panic for the viewers. This shaky POV shot makes the audience feel like they are involved in the action on screen. This is because POV shots helps the audience emotionally connect with the character. As soon as the camera drops to the floor and is left on a slanted angle, it is completely still. This makes the viewers feel like they are less involved and that all they can do is watch the scene commense, similiar to when watching CCTV footage.
This was the original idea for the scene which was in the storyboard.
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