In today's lesson we filmed for the final part of the montage in our film 'AWAY'. On our specification, we had to introduce the idea of technology in some way and as of yet we had not done so, so we decided that sending a text to Sarah fitted in will with the montage, and provided an opportunity to explore a variety of shot types and angles. As the most of our montage was set at a table, we decided to use a more casual location to fit in with the casual act of texting, by using the Media department sofas. So Adam sat down on the sofa and began texting, we used natural lighting to create the impression that it was a natural act, and we began filming. I stood with the camera behind Adam and took a variety of shots of the texting so we could either pick the shots we liked the most or piece some of them together.
Techniques we used
We began with an over the shoulder shot of Adam texting, where we could see the act, but not the screen. This was the first instance that we had not took a shot directly from Adam's perspective (POV shot) as we wanted to introduce a variety of angles into our piece. Then I took an extreme close up of Adam's fingers actually creating the text and then I also composed another extreme close up of Sarah's name on the phone so we were aware of who he was texting. We did not use a surname, simply 'Sarah' to convey the idea that she is his 'one and only'.
Risk assessment
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