Our whole idea of the beginning sequence of our movie is for the main character of our teen drama to wake up from a dream of him doing what he loves. And that is playing football. We wanted to use a GoPro as we wanted a Point of view shot for the viewer to experience the sport he loves playing first hand. We took some still pictures of our main actor playing in the football court so we got some idea of how it was going to look like, which turned out quite well. These are some of the stills we took.
One of the major concerns of filming in the football pitch is if some of the players didn't want to be filmed we couldn't have them in our film, luckily, everyone was nice enough to give us ten minutes of their time and also give us permission to let us use them on our film. We also recorded some footage on the camera incase the GoPro footage didn't work out, since this was our first time using it and weren't aware of how the footage would come out. The footage from the camera really gave us an idea of how the football pitch scene was going to be, which to our surprise, was an authentic and genuine experience. This was what we were trying to achieve with the GoPro so whether the footage from the GoPro works out or not we have backup footage we'll be able to incorporate into the final edit.
The footage uses a wide shot, which is very suitable to capture the whole area however it's very shaky as it's strapped on to his forehead. We want the focus to be on the players he is facing and the ball but it flickers out of focus a lot so we might need to figure out another way to attach the GoPro, maybe even use a skateboard with the GoPro on top in a tracking shot.
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