Test shots

Planning and Development: Test shots

Shot 2
 This shot will be part of our short montage; it could also be called an establishing shot. This will be quite a long take to signify that nothing much is happening. There is the conventional iconography here of the race track and the red and white stripes which denotes that this is a serious racing circuit.

Shot 3

Unfortunately, we cannot get a test shot of the angle we will use in our film; we are planning to get a shot tracking up from the track to a LA shot of the lights. This again will be a long take as it is also signifying that there are no events on and we are trying to create a sad and emotional atmosphere. Again, we have conventional iconography here of the lights which denote the professionalism of the location.

Shot 7/8/9
This is the location where we will shoot the shots of the driver getting ready for the race. They will be short, close ups which create a frantic, fast paced atmosphere. I think this a good location as it is a simple workshop which connotes a professional place. All of these shots being CUs, there will not be much visual iconography

Shot 1/6
Not the most attractive picture! But with a bruised face, bandage and a better camera, this will look like it is set in a hospital. We have gone for hard lighting in these shots because hospitals have very hard lighting. Also this creates a serious tone to the film from the first shot which is the preferred reading of our opening.











Shot 4
Simply an establishing shot. This is one of the shots that is filmed outside so usually we would have to think of background noise from wind, but we have decided to have a soundtrack so this wont be an issue.

Shot 5
This will be a long, over the shoulder shot showing the argument between the protagonist and the girlfriend. The dark lighting represents the stress that the girlfriend is in. The reason this is being shot in a kitchen is that this is where most work is done in the house, again, representing the stress the girlfriend is going through.

During filming we found some locations that we had not realized would be available to us, one being the stands. This shot means we can get the iconography of the race suit and the track in. It fits well with our story line so we decided to add it in.

For the shot of the tire we took this as a test shot, however looking at it afterwards we thought it needed to be more of a CU so in the filming we decided to film slightly closer to the tire. The tire is an example of conventional iconography surrounding this genre of film.