Filming and Editing

I was handling the camera and used the zoom for a variety of shots such as the extreme close ups of Shekira’s eyes to create added tension to the short film. The close ups of her eyes and her slamming the newspaper on the table, shows the viewer that she has seen something that she didn’t want to see or something frightening. A Long shot was taken of Shekira walking towards the table where the initial film will take place. This shows her journey towards the table. Also, mid-shots were taken of her sitting down at the table, this simply shows what she’s doing and her body language which at this stage was positive. In terms of editing we took several takes of each shot so we could have a variety to choose from when it came to the initial cutting stage.