Looking through our shot list I expect it would be relatively easy to film, because we don't have a lot of action scenes and we don't have to create any super-creative shots which are extremely difficult to film.
Most of our thriller will be filmed on the tripod, without much camera movements, therefore producing stable shots. This is because our plot-line is based on the gradual increase of the tension, so half of our thriller involves no action what so ever.
However, there is one particular moment, where we have to create a nice action moment - when she sees him on the floor escaping and drags him back. There we would need to show a real struggle and tension between the two, so we need to carefully choreograph this moment, because it doesn't matter how good the camera man works - if there is no right atmosphere and movements on the actual set, it wouldn't look good in the shot.
So, how to choreograph a good fight scene?
Here is what the internet thinks:
1. 'Decide what kind of fight you want it to be.' - well, that's easy, we are having a simple struggling scene, where the woman is trying to pull man back and he resists, there is a small section afterwards, when she flips him from belly to back and ties his hands.
2. 'Make sure that the person you cast, if not having had training in that particular martial art, can at least pull off some of the moves.' - I'm sure both Chris and Clare are not only fit enough to be able to do the moves we are asking, but would enjoy this little violent moment (at least Clare definitely would:).
3. 'Get your fighter to make funny 'wah-wah' or "hiyah" sounds.' - I feel like it's a really important point, because such sounds would add a feeling of the fight and make the whole scene look more realistic.
4. 'Make sure you have some funky moves in your fight.' - About that I'm not really sure, it seems like the whole struggling scene we have is one big funky moment just because of the fact that its a WOMAN overpowering the MAN, not other way round.
5. 'Finally make sure you film the fight from all angles possible.' - This is a good advice and not a problem at all for us. Due to our narrative appears to be quite simple I feel like we would have lots of time to try different shots and different angles, and, of course, we will spend a decent amount of time on this 'scramble scene' because it's one of the key ones in our thriller.
We don't have a proper fight scene shown in our opening sequence, but we might have had one in the whole film. Anyway, this choreography workshop I've found on YouTube is just amazing and I love how they used the sound effects to create that feeling of real fight. I think we can do something similar, using choreography and sounds, in our dragging scene to create similar effect on the audience.
Most of our thriller will be filmed on the tripod, without much camera movements, therefore producing stable shots. This is because our plot-line is based on the gradual increase of the tension, so half of our thriller involves no action what so ever.
However, there is one particular moment, where we have to create a nice action moment - when she sees him on the floor escaping and drags him back. There we would need to show a real struggle and tension between the two, so we need to carefully choreograph this moment, because it doesn't matter how good the camera man works - if there is no right atmosphere and movements on the actual set, it wouldn't look good in the shot.
So, how to choreograph a good fight scene?
Here is what the internet thinks:
1. 'Decide what kind of fight you want it to be.' - well, that's easy, we are having a simple struggling scene, where the woman is trying to pull man back and he resists, there is a small section afterwards, when she flips him from belly to back and ties his hands.
2. 'Make sure that the person you cast, if not having had training in that particular martial art, can at least pull off some of the moves.' - I'm sure both Chris and Clare are not only fit enough to be able to do the moves we are asking, but would enjoy this little violent moment (at least Clare definitely would:).
3. 'Get your fighter to make funny 'wah-wah' or "hiyah" sounds.' - I feel like it's a really important point, because such sounds would add a feeling of the fight and make the whole scene look more realistic.
4. 'Make sure you have some funky moves in your fight.' - About that I'm not really sure, it seems like the whole struggling scene we have is one big funky moment just because of the fact that its a WOMAN overpowering the MAN, not other way round.
5. 'Finally make sure you film the fight from all angles possible.' - This is a good advice and not a problem at all for us. Due to our narrative appears to be quite simple I feel like we would have lots of time to try different shots and different angles, and, of course, we will spend a decent amount of time on this 'scramble scene' because it's one of the key ones in our thriller.
We don't have a proper fight scene shown in our opening sequence, but we might have had one in the whole film. Anyway, this choreography workshop I've found on YouTube is just amazing and I love how they used the sound effects to create that feeling of real fight. I think we can do something similar, using choreography and sounds, in our dragging scene to create similar effect on the audience.
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