Tuesday 11 March 2014

Evaluation Activity 1: Location & Setting


This is one of our locations seen near the start of the trailer. This was actually shot on a beach in Australia, as this is one of the locations that our sweeping narrative takes the audience to. It was taken last summer, when I was on holiday in Australia, as I thought that I could film some of the shots whilst I was out there. Many of the first few shots in the trailer were filmed in Australia, such as the shots at the airport, the shots of cliffs and waves, and the shot overlooking the trees in a forest. This increases the production value of our trailer, and makes it look as if it is a high budget action movie, rather than a zero budget media project. In most of these shots I tried to include myself, so that the audience could see we genuinely filmed it, rather than just stole it from youtube. I appear towards the end of this shot, but in the above picture you may be able to notice my hand on the wooden banister. The above location looks very impressive, as it's taken from a high angle, making it look as if it's taken from a crane or a helicopter. The waves are particularly nice in the shot, as they're rolling waves, rather than just still waves. This makes the scene look more intense, as it's got more movement to it, and it makes the whole shot look more active. The mountain in the background looks as if it could have been taken straight from a fantasy film, and looks impressive for this reason. It conforms to the expectations of an action movie by having this sort of exotic location, as seen in other big action films such as Knight and Day.