First Shootings For Film Opening

Today, me and my partner Sven had a go at doing the first few shots and scenes for our film opening. As we can only use the main character on a weekend, we decided to change a few things, and we added more shots to make our film look better than it would have originally been.

We first of all did the first shot of the film which is supposed to be from the main characters point of view looking into the sky, and although it was from the main characters point of view, we didn't need him as the camera is looking into the sky. For this particular shot in editing we are going to add a blinking effect, and also you don't see him getting beaten up, and the shot is dark which creates tension.

Me and Sven also did some cityscape shots of cars going past, people passing by, and cars on a roundabout. As we are going to introduce the gang leader played by me (Jahmal) we also did some shots of me walking, but unlike the main character (Lars) most of the shots taken with me in them are handheld, where the camera isn't held totally steady, which kind of shows my characters personality. Some of the shots with me in them are from different angles, but with (Lars) all of them are different angled shots.

The main point of the opening sequence is going to be them passing by each other in the underground bit near the grafton, where they link eyes adding some tension and the mood of that scene is bitter, this shot of them linking eyes is showing the audience that they are to of the main people in the film, and, makes them wonder what is going to happen in the whole of the film.