April 24th, 2015.

New trail of thought…

I will shoot one of the scenes using traditional conventions from the thriller genre and I will shoot the other scene using my own subjective influences. These will be a good comparison. The second scene will give me the breadth to explore various styles of shooting. It will be interesting to see whether the first shoot will incorporate many cliches from the thriller genre.

The second shoot will help to shape me as a director/cinematographer. I will endeavour to create something that is unique and innovative. I am yet to determine how I will approach the second scene as I will be drawing from my own personal growth and development as a filmmaker. The first scene will occur naturally as I will be mimicking styles and techniques from an established genre.

I am interested to see how my task progresses from here. I want to work quite organically on set. I don’t feel as though I could sit down and write a full shot list, mapping out both of the shoots. I haven’t established my own set of skills at a high enough level to know exactly how I will cover the scene. I need to do more research in order to generate ideas of shots, coverage and style. This will be my next step.