Friday 2 March 2012

Pre-Production Planning - Experimentation with tracking - Dilys



The second shot in our sequence is a tracking shot of our character Chantelle's feet. To get this shot smooth and consistent we decided that using a dolly would give us a fluid shot. However when we practiced using the dolly the image came out quite shaky and this is not the effect we wanted for the shot. We then tried holding the camera, with the tripod neatly tucked under an arm to steady it, and with the camera man walking backwards and the camera zoomed in on Chantelle's feet the shoot worked perfectly. Above are the shots with the dolly and without.