First Draft

Getting Shots

Getting Shots

We have a wide range of cameras and equipment we will be using, therefore we have to decide which is the best camera/equipment to use for each shot.

GoPro Shots

The GoPro is a very versatile camera and has an excellent wide angle range. I feel this works extremely well with our CCTV shots.

Getting high angle shots 

CCTV shots are usually very high angled to avoid vandalism and to get a good view on it's point of view. I felt as if this didn't have to be entirely true in our case as the story is set in 2017 and cameras are everywhere, therefore would stand well against damage and be very well made and controlling pieces of equipment. However, for the shots that I did plan to have high-angled, we had to use very amateur techniques, i.e.tape and plant pots.

Here is how I achieved some of my high-angle shots.

Camera Placement;

Here I attached my GoPro to a mono-pod and planted the base of the mon-pod in a plant pot placed in my porch. With The wide angle lens, I knew the camera would pick up everything we needed for the shot.

 Result;

Camera Placement;

Here I placed the GoPro on a flat base which it clips on to via the "J-shaped quick release mount" I ordered online. I then  taped the base to the wall as it balanced on the frame of my door. Again, I knew the wide angle lens would pick everything up.

Result;

Dash Cam Clips;

I feel the dash cam was a necessary aspect of our trailer. It would establish the sense of two sides, the rebels and the police, and would fit in well with our theme of CCTV shots. I again, used the flat base to hold the camera, but to balance it out I used tape to hold it still, to avoid any wobble, as well as the white "anti-shake" attachment I purchased online. To hold the base to the dashboard, I used a double sided Velcro-adhesive sheet which worked perfectly. 

Camera Placement;

Result;

Lighting Shots;

The majority of shots we got, were naturally lit. However, there is one shot that I wanted to include which required manual lighting which I was inspired to create from a music video. (below)

Credit: Ryan Lewis - Fake Empire

Here is the shot I re-created using my Canon 600D;

Props

These are the props we have for our trailer. As our plot is solely based around action and violence, and we have access to air soft guns, we feel they will be appropriate to use as they look real.

Having connections to a member of the police, we also have access to various pieces of police equipment as well.

Animatic

Music Copyright Request

 After some thorough research and listening to song after song, we as a group decided that  a good song to include in out trailer as "The Way" by Zack Hemsey. He has produced music for various high end films such as Inception, The Town and Transformers. In order to use the track, I visited his website and sent him an e-mail, requesting permission to use the track. (below).

I received a reply a few weeks after with his permission to use the track. The response i received is shown below.

Editing Styles

Editing Styles

I have collected three trailers that I feel are very similar to the one we want to create as a group.

They are;

CleanSkin

Eagle Eye

End of Watch

All of these trailers contain a lot of the elements we want to include into our own trailer, such as the CCTV shots, Dash Cam shots, Narrative Dialogue and the gradual increase in pace throughout the trailer. We don't want to give away the entire story of our film within the trailer but make it eye catching enough to entice fans of the action/thriller genre to go and see it. The main style of the trailers are the quick cuts from scene to scene and the fades to black.