Whilst we were filming the main feature, we brought a digital camera along to each filming day and took still shots of everything we were doing, in order to get a collection of shots for planning.
Here we are setting up a tripod to film a shot of the Vietcong sniper firing at the main character, we used a tripod for every shot except for one moving shot where the camera chases the main character running towards the enemy.
The tripod helps to keep the camera steady and avoids the annoying 'shaky' camera so it will help improve the quality of each shot and the film.
When watching the footage after we had done the filming, the camera had proved to be very steady through most of the filming, however, there was one or two scenes where the camera did shake a bit, but overall I was pleased with the camera use.
Here is an over the shoulder shot of us filming the Vietcong sniper firing on the main character with the rifle. We thought an over the shoulder view was very effective here, showing the scene from the enemy's point of view. We used several different camera angles, and experimented with different angles in every scene to see which looked the best.
The apparel of the characters is used very well and shows exactly where they are, and the equipment they would have been issued to fight in the war, this photo gives a good view of what the Vietcong character was wearing for the thriller.
This is a photo of me doing a moving shot of the veteran walking through the graveyard, we wanted to film his feet walking through so the audience cannot see his face at this time.
This shot did work very well, however becuase we had nothing to use to give a still moving shot, the camera was shaking a bit too much. We could have found something, but we felt it dissrespectful to do anything that might cause problems in the cemetary.
Overall the different camera techniques and angles worked very well, and we were pleased with the end result.
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