Dolls Domain - Shot Examples

In order to get the perfect shot for one of our film opening scenes, we decided to test out each shot in different ways and try to get the images we were filming from different angles to change the lighting. From previous work where certain clips had been out of focus or the lighting hadn't been perfect we knew it was best to try a verity of different ideas a pick the best ones. In the scene we were shooting we wanted to get short clips of photos we had taken and destroyed by ripping, scratching and covering them in mud in order to create a scary, worn effect on them. Here are the examples we have to choose from:

- We decided in the end to choose the image of the victim hanging by the tree as this shot was the most perfected one, the lighting and focus were both good for this shot.
- I think that the downfall of the other types of shot were the fact that we tried to shoot them in a 'hand held' style, we thought that this would create an atmospheric tension to the shots however, it was very difficult to get them in shot as the sun was very bright that day meaning my shadow kept getting in the way of the image we were trying to film. For the images in the tree we used a tripod and found that this worked a lot better.
- It is important to try out several different shots in different when creating a film opening because, much like these shots, things like natural lighting/lack of a tripod in shots can completely make the shots unusable