Practice Shot Examples

Today we explored and filmed a variety of practise shots which we believe would appear in our opening sequence. The main three we looked at were the handheld shot (HS), over the shoulder shot (OTSS) and close up (CS) as we were certain that these three would feature. We thought that the handheld shot would work successfully when filming the home videos. These videos will feature both Liam and Alfie in their natural surrounding (home) which makes them appear as realistic. I further feel as if this shot will work well due to the fact it will further make them appear as home videos as most videos which are filmed at home don't tend to use a tripod. One other shot we are hoping to feature is the over the shoulder shot. I feel as if this shot could be used during the disappearance of Alfie during a game of hide and seek. As it focuses the viewer’s attention on Alfie running away and Liam counting. We had hoped to film this shot from different angles and edit them together creating continuity. A final shot which we explored was the close up. Our initial plan was to film shots of objects which present Alfie for example photos/ toys and place our titles over the top of these shots; including ‘directed by’ and ‘starring.’ I feel as if this activity was beneficial to us as we are now aware of the shots we are going to use for our opening sequence and the props and equipment we need to do so.