Shot Evaluation - Story Introduced

I've chosen this shot to demonstrate our use of camerawork in filming our opening 2 minutes. The idea for this shot was one of the first we had in planning our opening scene, before most of the story elements were even in place. We positioned the camera to be exactly in the middle of the path, so that you can see the forest setting stretching on and on far into the distance in the background of the shot. This reinforces the idea of isolation from the audience and the notion of help being far away, meaning our main character is pretty much on his own. This increases the threat our villain imposes.

We also positioned our characters so that there is a clear divide in the screen, with our hero having the left third of the screen and our villain having the right third of the screen. The rule of thirds means our audience will see our hero as being the most important focus of the shot, which means his weakness and vulnerability will be highlighted to the audience. The muddy pathway that stretches from the bottom of the screen all the way to the top represents the divide between good and evil. We're also happy at the fact that this shot varies our shot list further, as it is a clear two-shot with both the characters of our opening scene being featured. We also made it so that both the crossbow and the briefcase (the 2 most important props) are shown in this shot to be on the villains side, making it seem like he holds all the cards and has all the power compared to our wounded protagonist on the other side of the screen.