Review of worms eye view shot by Stella

In our storyboard we included a worms eye view shot of the trees which rotated. After having mobility problems with the dolly whilst filming the tracking shots we knew that it would not be possible to create a good shot using this equipment. Because of this we decided to use the camera tripod , but by using this it meant we weren't able to create a shot with the camera directly looking up, as we wouldnt be able to rotate it with the leaver, so decided to use a canted angle.

Here are Charlie's worm's eye view shots:


                                                                                                                                             

     

The first shot was created rotating the camera platform up and down which gave a swooping effect, however it created a jerky shot and although it creates an original perspective it shows the ground and we want a shot focusing on the tops of the trees.
The second shot was created by tilting the camera upwards at a canted angle and using the tripods lever to rotate it. Overall this is a better way of creating this shot, as it produces a shot just of the tops of the trees, which is what we want and the canted angle combined with the spinning creates a disorientated point of view, which could be used to portray the girl's point of view and to suggest she is slowly regaining consciousness. There is also plenty of editing potential in this shot, as we could vary the saturation and focus of the shot to further show the girl's disorientation and to add atmosphere.