Class Formalist Film

As a whole class we have we been studying the differences between formalism and realism in film. We talked about the differences between the types of filming and defined the key features of both. We were then given the task of making a formalist film as a whole class.

For this task we were split into groups, like sound, camera work etc etc. I choose to be n the camera work group with WIlliam. Together we decided what kind of shot types we would use and what angles we would like to use. For example we chose shot types like worms-eye views, birds-eye views and canted shots as we believed these added to the formalism of the film.

When it came to filming I was the one working the camera as we found out that we only needed one person to do that job.

Having watched the rough cut i think that we chose the camera angles and shot types very well but i need to work on keeping a camera still when its free hand and panning/zooming in or out smoothly. I can achieve this by using certain equipment or techniques.