This week the group looked into how movement is covered in film particularly running scenes as we looked at how the actors were covered and edited in a couple of feature films such and Skyfall directed by Sam Mendes and Run Lola Run directed by Tom Tykwer before comparing them to a more documentary style approach in Tokyo Olympiad directed by Kon Ichikawa and Eikoh Hosoe. I’ve experimented with movement on screen in a couple of past short films but have mainly gone on instinct and what I could achieve with equipment I had on hand at the time so looking into this form of coverage was intriguing to me as it helped give me inspiration for whenever I plan on doing running shots again.

I’ve also started to plan for my research assessment as we need to present a pitch to the group and answer questions next week. Since Robin wants us to look into a topic that we enjoy to make it feel less like an assessment I decided to look into camera techniques used in horror movies as I’ve always appreciated the work that goes into them being someone who’s watched monster and horror movies from a young age. I’ve decided to do my assessment on the POV shots in horror movies that are through the eyes of the killer/monster/antagonist as normally POV shots are typically shown through the eyes of the protagonist as the story is usually told from their side of the story and since I’ve always wanted to analyse why a director would choose to do this and how it serves the film’s narrative but also since this type of POV killer shot started becoming common in the 1970’s I thought it’d be interesting to talk about how the technique was shot with the camera equipment back then and how it’s improved over the years.