To help us with filming our final opening sequence, we have taken some test shots to practice camera angles etc. and editing the shots. We didn't however practice every shot on our story board, we just chose to do the most difficult ones, so we don't struggle when we get to the real filming and editing.
Taking the Test Shots:
When taking the test shots, we didn't go to the location of which our real opening sequence will be taken, we did however choose a park that was closer to school that had similar properties e.g. a bench next to the gate. We chose the shots from our story board that we presumed would be the most difficult to film and edit. The first one is of the man's lap when the girl shouts "come on" in the background. The second one was the high speed pan around the man showing his shoulders and above. The third was the zooming out of the man's face in stages with a black screen in between each shot. The second and third shots were the most difficult for their own reasons... The second shot was hard to film as there were obstacles in the way of the camera crew when trying to manoeuvre around the person, keeping the camera as steady as possible, whilst having to fit through tiny gaps and bins being in the way! The third was quite difficult to keep the camera in a straight line as we were zooming to keep the person's face the centre of the frame the whole time. The first shot wasn't to difficult to shoot as it was just an over the shoulder shot that was static and lasted only a few seconds.
Editing the Test Shots: luckily we didn't have to edit the first shot so that doesn't apply to editing. The second shot on the other hand was most difficult to edit. We had to speed up the shot to a specific pace to make it seem urgent and fightening.
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