TESTING CAMERA ANGELS WITHIN A LIFT

FRONT/INSIDE OF THE LIFT

This is a front and inside view of the

current lift which we are planning on

using for our filming.

Here on the left is the front view, from

an on lookers perspective, the lift is

closed and in the bottom left had

corner it can be seen that the button

to call the lift has been called

therefore indicating the lift is here.

When we start to come up with how

we are going to film in/outside the lift,

we need to look at the different

camera angles as well as focusing on

where the best shots can e taken. As

you can see from first glance the lift is

a reasonable sixe so this should come

in useful when wanting to films scenes

within the lift. Planning the timing of

when this lift could be used would be

key. This is because the lift is used

within a school, for staff and certain

students, so this should be taken into

consideration and be done at

convenient times.

To the right of the page, the lift is open, this gave us chance to see what it was like to stand in, it also gave us time to look at the lighting,

looking at how this could effect the reflection within the mirror as well as the reflection of the camera. Looking in the lift we found that it

opened up either side, so this became in our favour because when filming we could use this to show people getting out at different

floors or, use it as where the male character gets out to go to his security room therefore acting as like a service elevator. The lighting

which is in the lift will be good for when we come to think about lighting, this is because there is enough light in there that if we wanted

to darken shot or make them lighter then we wouldn’t loose bits of the shot from not having enough light there.

BUTTONS ON THE LIFT(OUTSIDE)

This is a close up image of the buttons on the lift. We chose to take a close up image of these buttons because this could become one of the short shots within the short film, this could also become an opening shot, the camera could be focused on the button and see someone press the button, therefore this gives the indication that this film is going to feature a lift.The buttons illuminate orange, which will be good for shorts as it is an indication that the lift is arriving.

This is another indicator of when the lift is arriving. This could also become an opening shot or even a closing shot, for the start/end of the film. As well as showing what floor this lift it is on it also gives an indication of which way the lift is going either up or down. This would be used for very short, sharps shots, which like when used it a trailer gives an overview of the scene, this could therefore showing the main location of the short films setting.

PERSPECTIVE FROM THE OUTSIDE OF THE LIFT

This is a medium shot from inside the lift, from

standing outside of the lift looking in, its clear that

there is enough room for two people to stand as

well as be filmed. This mean it gives enough

space to be able to film from different

perspectives. Within this image, its clear to the

left of the image that within the lift there is a

reflection next to her, this will be from the lighting

so this will be an aspect to look at.

Also where the character would stand and be

filmed would have to be considered. This is

because it doesn’t want to look too cramped

within the lift, this would make it uncomfortable

for the characters and it would then start to look

un processional, so the film won’t flow.

Filming outside of the lift instead of inside, would

make it a lot easier because it would be too

crowded within the lift for everyone to be in. So

then we get a front perspective of the characters

which are within the lift but don’t have them

pushed into the back wall. What would need to

be considered when filming would be looking at

the how to film without the door being closed or

being able to see the join of the lift door, so it

would either have to be held open.

Here on the right is a similar image which shows the lift from a perspective which is further out of the lift so this is a medium long shot. It shows more of a fuller picture from the outside of the lift. This could also be a shot from outside the lift where it shows the doors closing, this means that the audience can get a view before the doors close. This therefore shows that there are two people within the lift introducing the two main characters.