I’ve had some time to think about my Individual Exercise 1. I mentioned in my last reflective post the technical problems I had, but not the actual work itself.

On a surface level, my two shots are of my friend Melissa reading in the garden. Recently, I’ve been watching a lot of films by De Palma and Hitchcock, and thought I’d try and replicate their use of voyeurism by using the camera as a character. The camera in first shot is positioned inside, looking outside onto Melissa through blinds. Some would probably consider it a work of male gaze. While I was conscious of that choice when filming, I feel the outcome is ultimately neutral. The second shot is less explicit; filmed outside with nothing restricting the subject. But the angle does represent some kind of secretive observation. Overall, I’m quite pleased with my thematic choices, rather than the technique of the shot.