I recently went out to take my location shots for my film, where it helped me to visualize my ideas for the film and come up with any new scenes or shots that I could incorporate to the storyboard.
I went to two locations, both of which being forests, however, my preferred choice was the location below, due to it being more overgrown and unkempt, which I felt added to the horror of the film.
In my storyboard it features a cross road, where the character has to decide which path to go down, this cross road therefore satisfies my idea and enabled me to plan certain shots, ready for my filming.
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| CROSS ROADS |
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| CROSS ROADS |
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| CROSS ROADS |
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CROSS ROADS
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There was a ditch type, raised piece of land that looked down on the ground below, which gave me inspiration of the masked people looking down on the protagonist, further emphasizing the low angle shot I would use to show their power over her. I therefore then went home and incorporated this into my 'extra scenes' notes, so that I could try this shot out when filming.
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| DITCH |
These establishing shots gave me the idea to have similar shots in the opening montage of the film, showing the greatness of the forest and therefore emphasizing the characters vulnerability. Especially by using a pan shot, this should further show the vastness of the setting.
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| ESTABLISHING SHOT |
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| ESTABLISHING SHOT |
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| ESTABLISHING SHOT |
These shots of the location helped me to finalize any ideas I had on a particular scene of the film and made sure the ideas I had were practical to film.
