Film Making Techniques

I stayed after school and watched a number of clips that showed different filming techniques.

• 360* shot; effective because it adds to impact of what is going on (an important phone call) it also acts as an establishing shot
• filming items to narrate what is going on. EG the actor says i have a phone, a few coins, an egg - what we see on screen is a phone, a few coins an egg come up one after another
• when doing flashbacks have real time voice overs come in while flashback is happening to close back into real time
• Zoom out of a real time scene to go into a flashback
• To create a documentary style = minimal camera shake
• Layering of voices for flashbacks
• Zoom in + out quickly for flashbacks, adds to distortion
• Use shots appropriately only use shots where needed to add emphasis EG only really use zoom for a thought or to intensify a feeling