In the first class of studio we are given a task of shooting a set of 8 silent videos responding to ‘movement’, and it requires no dialogue or sound. Thus I tried to find different things or use different ways to prove ‘movement’ and this task truely helped me to feel the meaning and decide the way of filming.
I firstly used still frame to shoot things which they have already active, like a driving train or a galloping car or pedestrian, their own existence represents ‘movement’. The use of still frame helped to record their movements, and for the shots I think they could be used as establishing shots in a complete film.
Then I tried to use panning and tracking way to shoot those move things (train, car and pedestrian), in this way, the meaning of those move things for the film is different. They not only specify the setting of the film, but also become the protagonist in the lens, showing the central idea of the film. Thus I reflected that the use of the shots can not only bring different visual effects to the film, but also bring different meanings to the unpredictable things.
Moreover, I shoot some close up shots on a person, like the activity of the finger, the activity of the footsteps or the eyes, these close up record the small movements of the character, and they are also showing more on the side of psychological activity (also movements) of the person. Since the film is required to be completely silent, the audience can only intuitively feel the meaning of the shot through their eyes. However, just like this shot, we can see a person is keep shaking his feet, without she saying anything we can know that her psychological activity (a movement) — she feels nervous or excited. Thus, the movements can be understood in both physical and psychological way, the way you shoot can directly present the meaning of the shots, I think I would reflect it in my first film making project.