Shots Log and Ideas I had

Types of shots I used / Ideas

List of shots I took:

Extreme close up - eyes/hands
Close up - Knife
Extreme long shot - the view of the landscape
Long shot - fire
Low Angle - trees
Medium close up - dark leaves
Follow - person walking away from the blood

Ideas

One of my ideas was to film in quite dark lighting because I wanted to create a mysterious effect and keep people wondering what was going on. The dark connoted unbalance and this was one of the main themes I wanted to follow throughout Target.

When I filmed in dark lighting I also used a torch so shine on the blood on the ground because I wanted to show that it was someone (the killer) looking down at the evidence they left. The torch was moved around slightly to once again create the unbalance and I also used a hand held camera rather than a tripod because then I would be able to film the shots with a slight movement which again created the unbalance.

I also stuck to a theme of dark and then orange/red to create the themes of death which is an idea I follow from my analysis of The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. The shots begin quite dark and then the fire is introduced and I wanted to follow the same idea to help set up what the audience were going to see. The red mainly comes from the blood because this is lighter than the other shots you would expect it to lead onto something more lighter but the darker shots keep reappearing to bring around the unbalance again. A few of my favourite shots are the ones where I filmed the fire in the distance because I was able to play around with the camera to get the best picture I could. I wanted the fire to be out of focus when I began so I would be able to bring it into focus and the audience would then know what it was. Another shot that I favoured was the extreme close up of the blood on the ground because the picture is so sharp and the light reflects off the blood.