On the outskirts of town we tried to film a tracking shot with the camera man (Ashriel King) on one side of the street and the protagonist (Mohammed Adel) on the other side, but we ran into some problems. Firstly, on the first take, Ashriel was running with the camera, but as he was filming Mohammed sideways, he couldn't see what was in front of him, and he almost ran into a car which was pulling out on a side street. Funny but dangerous, so we discontinued to film like that, plus the camera kept shifting in and out of focus anyway because the wasn't enough light and so much movement.
After a series of tracking shots on the outskirts of town, it was 12am and we headed back to market street, which was then empty. Once there we filmed what would be part of the opening scene. We set the tripod up so Mohammed was framed by the surrounded buildings. Ashriel came up with the idea of editing the footage to make it look like it was on a bad TV, as if to imply that someone is watching the protagonist, and we hope that it gives the impression that whoever or whatever is looking at him on the TV is what he is running from.
Afterwards we did that we decided not to have a tracking shots that were too long because of the unwanted blurry effect. We started with Mohammed just walking as Ashriel followed him with the camera, it was good because we used the camera in a hand held position so it created a shaky camera effect which makes it better when we edit it, because the plan is too speed the footage up.
It was then when we bumped into a couple of police officers. Using my excellent powers of persuasion, I managed to get them to act in our video, so we had yet another tracking shot of Mohammed, but this time he is actually being visibly followed by someone, and it was the police!
After a series of tracking shots on the outskirts of town, it was 12am and we headed back to market street, which was then empty. Once there we filmed what would be part of the opening scene. We set the tripod up so Mohammed was framed by the surrounded buildings. Ashriel came up with the idea of editing the footage to make it look like it was on a bad TV, as if to imply that someone is watching the protagonist, and we hope that it gives the impression that whoever or whatever is looking at him on the TV is what he is running from.
Afterwards we did that we decided not to have a tracking shots that were too long because of the unwanted blurry effect. We started with Mohammed just walking as Ashriel followed him with the camera, it was good because we used the camera in a hand held position so it created a shaky camera effect which makes it better when we edit it, because the plan is too speed the footage up.
It was then when we bumped into a couple of police officers. Using my excellent powers of persuasion, I managed to get them to act in our video, so we had yet another tracking shot of Mohammed, but this time he is actually being visibly followed by someone, and it was the police!
That was probably our finest stroke of fortune throughout the whole production. Thankfully the area of town where we filmed them was well-lit and so there wasn't any focus shifts on the camera. The police are another bad omen for Mohammed's character.We then decided to go to the Piccadilly gardens, this way we can get a scene of the protagonist on his own in town, illustrating his loneliness. To do this we used a combination of tripod footage and hand held footage to hopefully create a surreal feeling to it. However, instead of the protagonist running away from unseen characters, we had Mohammed dance in Picadilly fountains. We then cut between him dancing around, and him sprinting to show a contrast.
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