Tuesday, 6 November 2012

Filming Location - Back Garden

There is one specific shot in the film which I have had in mind, one which needs to be filmed outdoors and at night. I originally intended to travel to some local woods, set up a small fire and use the rifle prop as I walked towards the camera through a cloud of smoke. But upon realising the limits of light-sensitivity on the camera, I figured I could do this quite simply in my back Garden and it would create the same effect.

The character (name not revealed) is supposed to seemingly be in some kind of barren wasteland, wandering through smoke in the night after a battle - in the background, the light source (Heavy Duty Torch) is supposed to look like a flood-light, on the walls of a military outpost. I wanted to create an ambiguous aesthetic illusion that this film was much bigger than it really is - to get 'lots' out of 'little.'

THIS IS THE FINAL SHOT: (No effects needed to be applied)

This shot was so important because I really wanted to get the light source to dissolve out as the title dissolves in - REQUIEM. The 'Q' would be the focus point for of the light, with no specific reason, other than aesthetic choice.

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