Grindleford Recce (Week 5)

Today was the Grindleford Recce and was the first I had seen the rest of the group since Paul came up with the idea, as a group we all liked the idea and saw the potential with the film. On the train journey to Grindleford we looked at the brief and discussed how we could incorporate all the elements within our film.

Colour

• As a group we decided that we wanted the Grindleford shots to be very rich in colour, lots of greens then contrasted that with the dark gray shots of the city.

• Rabbits can only see colour in the spectrum of red, blue, and green.

• The women would wear a red coat so the rabbit could see her in the POV shots.

Lighting change

• As the women walks down stairs turning on the light as enters the basement

• Strobe effect when the rabbit breaks free from his cage and attacks the women.

POV

•  Rabbits point of view

• Women’s point of view

Sequence shot

Once in Grindleford we fond a great place where our sequence shot could take place. As the rabbit is sat down on the rock watching T.V we could see the women approaching in the distance coming in and out of Frame, each time she enters the frame she gets closer and closer to the rabbit.  The rabbit is aware that something’s wrong but by then its too late he has already been captured.  
 The bridge and river are great focal point, unfortunately the weather wasn't great and made everything look a little grey and dull a far cry away from the rich vibrant greens we where expecting. 

Once we found the perfect location for our sequence shot we spent some time walking through the scene and what could potential happen. Paul played the role of the rabbit while Adam was the women. 

I didn't want the shot to be static, i wanted the the camera to follow the old women as she gets closer but knew how difficult this would be without a steady cam. We then walked through the shot as if the camera would be static in-front  of the rabbit. 


I found the Grindleford Recce really useful as it helped me visualise the sequence shot but also could discuss the other elements as well.