I have been looking into camera angles and filming techniques of running scenes as I feel that we have done a lot of research on the shots of the dead body pictures but we need to also consider that our 2 minute clip has a large proportion of our protagonist running within it!
I have looked at the opening of trainspotting, As I knew that there was running within the first sequence.
This clip displays shows the behind of the main character running, the emphasis is on his feet and the environment he is running in. The pace he is running at and the movement of his feet are in time with the music/the beat. This is especially effective as the audience is drawn further in to the film from the ofset.
Although it is evident that the road he is running down is rather busy, due to the people in the background, there appears to be a clear space for him to run. This allows the audience to be more focused on the character and not distracted by extras in the shot. The fact that the opening scene is just a cloes up of feet, it leaves the audience curious to know who it is who's running. This is an excellent way to create interest and curiousity from the very beginning of the film. This could be used in our 2 minute clip as we need to capture interest from the beginning as our opening is very short.
This clip shows the main character and his starring partner running directly towards the camera. It is a mid shot of the pair running, with a group of people running in the bacground. This explains that there are a group of them. The fact they are running, already displays that they have done something wrong or have a reason to be running either from or to somewhere. The main character (on the left), his shirt appears to be undone or torn. This already implies to the audience that perhaps he does not have much money to be able to afford smarter clothes. The direct eye contact with the camera is rather intimidating and can be slightly unnerving. This may be very effective, although perhaps not appropriate for our film opening as we want the audience to feel sympathy towards the protagonist although at some points we will imply that the protagonist is the killer of the young girl photographed.
This shot and a few seconds before and after this are a POV shot from the main characters view. This is very useful as we wanted to display our protagonists point of view to create further a feeling of empathy as they will experience things with the protagonist. However, it may be difficult to potray his insanity as we wanted our protagonist to be looking at his hands to display how he feels there is blood on his hands, from the guilt he feels. This may be difficult to achieve, as we want him to still be running as we focus on his hands and the blood spreading.
The shot switches from point of view, to mid shot when he runs into/gets hit by the car. This is a great use of match on action, and this will be useful in our project as we are planning to have fast editing from the protagonists point of view to change to a mid shot/ close up of the protagonist runnning into a woman on the platform who then looks scared and confused that he may steal her handbag.
Having looked at the opening of trainspotting and some stills in detail, I feel that some of the techniques used in this could be extremely uesful for our project. Although, creating effective POV shots will be the most challenging aspect. Thgis is due to the fact we do not want an echo of the camera women/man's footsteps running behind with a camera which would ruin the continuity and distract full attention from the protagonist. This means, it is likely we will need to strap the camera to our protagonists head (thanks ms watts!) in order to create effective POV shots.
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