We were given a task to make a short film about a topic of our choice. I was in a group of five and we had to come up with an idea about what we could film. We were given a SLR, a tripod (which we didn't use), an audio recorder and a deadline of 2.5 hours. We decided after many failed ideas to make a film about a person rushing to catch a bus.
If I would make this film again and had more time to plan I would film a shot from the top floor stairs looking through the window (see 0:08) down onto the street (see 0:19). I wanted to do this because it shows great distance of the person running away from were he originally started and you can also get better perspective on speed and distance covered.
What I thought worked well is the camera position using an over the shoulder shot while the person is running through the corridors in a hurry, (see 0:54). I like this because it draws the audience in by having a wobbly hand cam effect making it look like your running behind him. This creates lots of tension.
What would've been good is having the camera placed on the bus looking out of the back window filming the person running towards it from the busses point of view, (see 1:13). I like this idea because it shows failure and a closure to the film. Also when you see the person give up the chase you can see the gap between them getting bigger and bigger, (see 1:20).
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