Capturing Our Shots

As a group we have a wide variety of different cameras and camera lenses. We had to ensure that we could obtain effective shots that would look real. We had to manipulate the camera shots to make sure that we had appropriate video clips that would suit our trailer entirely.

Because of its versatility as a camera, we were able to gain shots with the GoPro Hd Hero 2 that we would not be able to gain with an ordinary camera.

Below is the shot set up for filming the policeman walking through the door to search the house. We used a monopod and placed the GoPro on top of it, shown below.

 To the right is the result of this shot; however in the first draft we have edited this shot to look like a CCTV shot; following the plot of our trailer.

 When filming the shot of the flash bang and the police officer walking into the kitchen we couldn't get to a high enough point with one of our DSLR's so we strapped the GoPro to the wall as shown to the left.







Also, by using the GoPro we are able to gain wide angle shots; without these we may not have been able to get the shots that we desired. The tripods we had hold of did not allow us to reach a height that would look similar to a CCTV shot.

 The result of this GoPro placement is to the right, however, like the porch shot, we edited this clip to look like CCTV also.

To get the dash-cam shot we strapped one of the GoPro's down to the dashboard, when filming this we ensured there was minimal shake so the end quality would be higher.

As you can see in the picture to the left there is the GoPro secured firmly to the dashboard using heavy duty duct-tape. Although the set up might seem a bit unprofessional, we still gained the quality of clip we desired without spending a lot of money on expensive rigs or attachments.

Without the GoPro we would find it hard to record a shot such as this one in the same way, especially with one of our DSLR's. This picture allows you to get a better idea on what the GoPro was actually capturing.

The end result to our GoPro footage is too the right, which we then edited accordingly to fit within the trailer effectively.











To the right is our footage from our trailer where we had the CCTV footage of inside someones home. The effect we were going for with this shot is seen below in a Macklemore music video. Although this is a music video and not a trailer, the way the shot is filmed is particularly goood.

To either side is an image of our tripod set up when filming one of our shots holding up a sign. We placed the camera on a tripod and aimed it down the stairs; at the bottom of the stairs was the person holding a sign, labelled 'we stop killing when you stop watching.'

Below is the end result of the filming from the stairs. However, we will re-film this shot again with better and clearer writing on the piece of paper - this was our main criticism for our trailer.

We then re-filmed this scene because the sign was too hard to read, below is the final clip we used in our trailer.

To the right is the shot we got of the sign outside, we then appropriately zoomed while holding the sign up. As before, this will have to be re-film because we were criticized on our clarity of signs. We will re-film it in exactly the same manner as before but will ensure we have clear and emboldened text across our sign.











Below is the result shot.

We then re-filmed this scene because the signs were too hard to read, below is the final result shot, filmed in the same way.