CAMERA WORKSHOP 4: ON LOCATION

This time we went outside and had to deal with the new pressures of midday sunlight and changing weather conditions.

I focussed on filming and didn't do audio, but Coleen who did do audio had a few issues with wind noise which I will take into account for future shoots.

I have been very keen to have a try at using the dolly and track. I was allowed to do that today and it was interesting to see the outcome. The tracks we had were plastic and therefore were not ideal for outdoor conditions. I did encounter many issues with bumps and shakes, which are clearly visible in my shoot.

The main thing I have wanted to try to get right for a long time is the Dolly zoom or 'Vertigo shot' (Because of Alfred Hitchcock's film from 1958). This is a shot were using a dolly track moving the camera forward while zooming out (or vice versa).

Here are a couple of examples:

                                                                   Jaws Dolly Zoom

Goodfellas Dolly zoom (the opposite direction)

The other problem I faced was the glaring sunlight and therefore I had to constantly adjust the apperture, as well as trying to get the focus in such bright light.

Having partially overcome the wall of these issues I thought I would film a clip of Coleen walking through the car park and into the woods. However after a few takes we did one where she skipped and I thought that it was a better action for my clip.

So with a thriller and mystery theme to it I set out to create something using the skills I have gained through the last 3 workshops.

Here is the final product:

Apmulsinat (Confuse) from Alexander Barker on Vimeo.


The soundtrack is 'La Corsa (2nd version)' by Luis Bacalov.
I got the soundtrack idea from Quentin Tarantino's 'Django Unchained' from this scene: