Inside Our Shots

     Previosuly, a couple weeks ago, I had began to discuss the thought behind our storyboard. However, today I will be expanding furthermore on why we chose to use certain shots.

    As seen in the post I've done a couple weeks ago, click here to view, presnting the storyboard we have drawn, there we establish a clear view of what our oppening will look like. Through decided the main idea of our film opening, all of the story lines we came up with, had to do with character developing. In order to develop such, we decided to do a list a shopts that will help us achieve that goal. 

    The opening will begin with our main character Maya at her house getting ready to go for a run. During those scenes, the audience will be able to get a few peaks at what not only her house is compoused of, but also what her room looks like (we will be discussing the props being used in later posts.) During those scenes we will be using close ups and extreme close ups, to show all of the different steps in her routine when she wakes up and gets ready, as well as medium shots to show her costumes as well. When using the close ups, we will be focusing ans using a crane and a pan movement to follow her during her routine. Doing this will give a sense of how this routine is daily and abitual, showing one of the traits in her personality which is responsability and showcasing her workl ethic. 

    After she gets ready, she will be picking up her best friend Lucy, which svenes will be shot using long shots and medium shots. The long shots not only will establish the setting and the environment of her home town, but also what she looks like while driving. The medium shots will give teh audience a closer look at what both characters do and emphasisng on their language. While in the car, we will be shooting their conversatuons fromn three types of shots: medium shots, close ups, and over the shoulder. The over the shoulder will be shot when one of the characters in talking and in order to show how the other reacts, we will be incorporing this type of shot. The close up will showcase their personality by focusing on just on character at the time, and the medium shots will give the audience a more clear view of their actions and how they react to certain things. 

    Larter, once they arrive to their destination, the trail park, we will be using close up shots on their feet while running, long shots to establish the place, and medium shots as well to show the character and their actions. This part of the opening is so imporatta as we will be introducing the conflict. 

    Overall, since we want to focus on character developing, we will be using many close up shots to highlight the actions and the personality of the characters without it being spoken.