Ben created the idea for the project of a serial killer
being stalked by possibly another serial killer. I, Henry & Chris decided
that this would work as it allowed us to create interesting shots that was required
for this cinematography project. From watching Hitchcock’s Rear Window and Vertigo I
became very interested with the idea of using fake point of view shots in the
film to mislead the audience and surprise them. I came up with the shots in the
ally of using a fake tracking shot to fool the audience into believing it was
in the point of view of the serial killer when actually it turns out to be the
point of view from the stalker. I also created the shot at the end scene when
the killer is searching for the source of noise from inside his house, the shot
makes the audience believe that the stalker is following the serial killer,
only for it to be revealed as a normal tracking shot then the real point of
view from the stalker is revealed from the opposite side of the corridor as he
attacks the killer.
Although on time scheduling and planning our group may have been slightly unplanned we did however work very well together. We were all technically proficient and became good problem solvers as there was many problems arising with certain tracking shots and lighting.
False POV |
False POV revealed |
From the idea created by Ben and our entire group coming up with different shot ideas for each scene I created a script which was also more of a shot list with stage directions with the shots everyone agreed on that will work. Although Henry was the main camera man for this project as he has the most experience working with DSLR’s, Ben and myself worked with Henry strongly on the camera, especially on the framing and composition of each shot.
Long track |
Drastic lighting choice add emotion and atmosphere |