Production day 1- learning to film cane high angle shot

Hello and welcome back to MediaFix! Our first day of production we decided to take more test shots due to our lack of supplies. This was a great idea because we required help from our instructor to obtain certain shots. 

One of the shots we needed this feedback on was achieving a high angle, hip level shot of our top hat man. We attempted it in our test shot thinking it would be simple, then realizing we needed to think about how to achieve it. One problem with this shot was that the angle made the actor's legs appear very short. We  tried to solve this problem by adjusting our tripod height and changing the camera position, however, this failed to work.

Above is an attempt we made at this shot. Nov 6, 2023


The shot we were trying to achieve, Nov 2, 2023

Then we received assistance from our instructor who informed us that in order to have the legs remain long with the angle we wanted, we needed to approach the shot from higher ground. We would have to stand on either a picnic table or a bench to achieve our shot.  

A still from the result, Nov 14 2023, by MediaFix


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