Camera shots used in filming.

In our filming we tried to use as many camera shots that we could that were going to be effective and not boring. Having one camera shot through out the whole 2 minutes or a continuous video with the camera in the same place and not being moved would have a been the worst situation and wouldn't have got a lot of marks as we wouldn't have changed where we were recording and it would all be stand still of us in the frame and not moving around.
We used a total of 7 different camera shots and they are all listed below.

Our first camera shot we used was extreme long shot. This camera shot is effective as it shows everything from the scenery to the body language coming from the characters. In the first scene when we had used this it was easily set up and recorded and we done it with ease and no complications. This long shot in the scene was used so that you could see Ellie and I walking round the corner when we were going for a stroll just before we came across the body. We did have a few problems with this straight forward shot as the weather wasn't that great; it had been raining the day before so everything was damp and the mud was very slippery but we overcame the weather and dealt with it and the shot was effectively used.

The camera shot we used next was a large medium shot. This specific camera shot is effective as it shows part of the scenery, the body language and facial expressions all in one. We used this in the first scene when we came across the dead body, we had to re-film that part of the scene quite a few times as there were a few times it didn't focus properly and others when we didn't get all of us in the frame. This large medium shot was used in the footage so that you could see Ellie and I wipe the leaves off of the dead body which was laying on the floor smothered in dead leaves. A few problems did come across when we were filming this one part as Emma - the dead body was laying on a hill and when we were walking towards her we slipped a couple of times and had to redo a few times over. To resolve that problem we put dry leaves on the slippery parts and just had to try our hardest to not slip.

The next shot we used was a close up. This camera shot is effective as it shows the whole face and the expression behind it. We used this at the end of the first scene and beginning of the second scene, this was used just after Ellie and I swept all of the dead leaves of Emma - the dead body. We used this because to make it a bit freakier we made her open her eyes so that the "dead" body was again alive, she was smiling at the end when I screamed because it made her jump so we had to crop it a tiny bit at the end. Re-filming this scene was easy and we only had to do it a couple of times but the final video for this part was to the best standard we could get it.

The next camera shot we used was a long shot which was similar to the first one which was a extreme long shot but the camera wasn't as far out. We used this in the second scene just before Ellie and I came across the man creepily standing in the bushes. We found this camera shot effective for this part of scene as we needed our bodies to be shown fully as the body language changed as we were worried and I needed to my phone to Ellie as she was going to phone 999. Problems did occur when we were filming this part as we had to try not to look at the camera directly, trying not to slip over when handing the phone to Ellie and we had to try not to look directly at Jai during the footage as then the audience would realise that we knew Jai was there.

Another camera shot was used was a medium shot. This camera shot is effective as it shows the body language of Jai along side with his facial expressions. This camera shot was used during the second scene going on to the third scene. This was used when Jai was standing in the bushes watching what Ellie and I were doing when approached the body. We had a few problems with this shot as when we filmed it at first the fog and breathe of the filmer were joining together and you couldn't see Jai a few times we filmed it. To resolve this problem we had to wait for the fog to calm down and when it had we had to make sure Annaleigh - the camera holder wasn't breathing heavily so that it wasn't bad. When I looked over the footage Annaleigh's breathe is effective as it makes it misty and gives of an eerie look.

Another camera shot/effect is personal effect. We used this in the third scene when Jai the antagonist was chasing after us when we realised that he was in the bushes after he had killed Emma. This is an effective thing to use in our filming as it is like the audience are going on the journey  with us and see what we see. For the audience to see what we see and for it to seem like they are running away from Jai as well it would draw them in. We did come across a few problems when filming this specific part as there were a few times when the camera would almost fall out of Annaleigh's hand or the camera wouldn't focus. To overcome these problems we had her hold the phone with all her grip with both hands and we couldn't resolve the focus part besides having the phone portrait rather than landscape.

An effect we used after that scene was focusing in the last scene. To focus the camera Annaleigh changed something on her phone so that when I got to a certain point she would focus the camera. This is effective as when you see me running towards the camera and where Ellie and Annaleigh were it looked a bit like Jai when I was in the darker patches but then as it focuses you realise its me and that I came to save Ellie as Jai had disappeared. We didn't have any problems when filming with this effect so we didn't have anything to resolve.

The last effect we used throughout the whole 2 minutes was fade to black. Fade to black is effective as when the scene gets serious and it starts getting to the good part of the movie the camera fades to black and cuts out the parts of the film that you are dying to see. We faded it to black right at the end so that if people did enjoy the opening 2 minutes it would draw them in so they would want to watch it over and over again. Fade to black is easily done but is one of the most effective parts of a movie when it comes to the editing part.