One of the most important parts of production is choosing what shots and angles to use. There are so many to choose from and picking the right ones in extremely difficult. As we were the producers of a short film meant , our angles and shots would be different to Hollywood blockbusters. The reason for this is down to budget and accessibility ( being actually able to reach those angles). Although this does not mean that we cant attempt to use these angles. For me it is about trying to make your production look as professional as possible , and this w
ill be reflected in the shots we include. This shows how important angles can be and what they can do for a film. With have seen examples of films which are total rubbish (Disaster Movie ) which have a rubbish narrative and even worse charterers , but it is he shots they use which give them that professional look. It is as simple as that , we could come up with narrative which may sound boring but if we make it look good then our audience will be pleased. If you look in the dictionary under "film" you will see that it describes it as a "piece of visual art". It is the word visual which is the most significant because that is what shots and angles can affect. My research on shots started with just brief articles I found on the Internet. A website called free archive.net allowed me to type in film on the search bar and then to access loads of articles on the subject. I found one article written by Paul Williams about how it has become harder for short film makers to create films. His theory behind this was because that we now live in a world which films are just made for money and to keep the audience sweet. He continued to explain that if short film makers want to get their films noticed that they would have to include original and unique shots. It is the shots not the narrative itself which will get your film noticed. For me this was such vital information because it just made me feel more comfortable about my narrative , knowing that even if i came up with a complex narrative it would not matte
r if my shots were no good made me not worry too much about my narrative and made me focus on how I was going to show this narrative. My next piece of research came from a blog which I has come across early on in the year. The blogger name was John and he was an independent film maker. It may not seem a reliable source of information but for myself , I felt that if I could learn something from someone in the same situation as me it would be even better. On his blog he wrote about how to construct a good short film ,and one of the titles was " What are the perfect shots". In his blog he wrote about using simple but interesting shots , for example he talked about how powerful a low angle can be. His belief was that if you tried too hard to make your production look good that you will start to ignore the importance of simple shots. This helped me greatly pick what shots I was going to use as I was realistic about what we could do. I could have said that we were going to use amazing high angle or birds eye shots which will track the character s, or I could use OTS shots and low angles to show what I need to , the important parts of the narrative.
ill be reflected in the shots we include. This shows how important angles can be and what they can do for a film. With have seen examples of films which are total rubbish (Disaster Movie ) which have a rubbish narrative and even worse charterers , but it is he shots they use which give them that professional look. It is as simple as that , we could come up with narrative which may sound boring but if we make it look good then our audience will be pleased. If you look in the dictionary under "film" you will see that it describes it as a "piece of visual art". It is the word visual which is the most significant because that is what shots and angles can affect. My research on shots started with just brief articles I found on the Internet. A website called free archive.net allowed me to type in film on the search bar and then to access loads of articles on the subject. I found one article written by Paul Williams about how it has become harder for short film makers to create films. His theory behind this was because that we now live in a world which films are just made for money and to keep the audience sweet. He continued to explain that if short film makers want to get their films noticed that they would have to include original and unique shots. It is the shots not the narrative itself which will get your film noticed. For me this was such vital information because it just made me feel more comfortable about my narrative , knowing that even if i came up with a complex narrative it would not matte
r if my shots were no good made me not worry too much about my narrative and made me focus on how I was going to show this narrative. My next piece of research came from a blog which I has come across early on in the year. The blogger name was John and he was an independent film maker. It may not seem a reliable source of information but for myself , I felt that if I could learn something from someone in the same situation as me it would be even better. On his blog he wrote about how to construct a good short film ,and one of the titles was " What are the perfect shots". In his blog he wrote about using simple but interesting shots , for example he talked about how powerful a low angle can be. His belief was that if you tried too hard to make your production look good that you will start to ignore the importance of simple shots. This helped me greatly pick what shots I was going to use as I was realistic about what we could do. I could have said that we were going to use amazing high angle or birds eye shots which will track the character s, or I could use OTS shots and low angles to show what I need to , the important parts of the narrative.
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