Castle Documentary

Shoulder RigTripodJib

In our film, we tried to focus on our camera movement as much as possible. For this film we used 3 main bits of equipment. Just the standard tripod, the shoulder mount, and finally the jib.

When we filmed stationary shots, such as the shot 10 seconds in of Matthew walking up the hill. These shots, taken from the stationary tripod are simple but effective. The way the focus of the shot, in this case Matthew, walks across the frame, automatically makes the viewer look at everything in the shot. This shot can be effective when the director wants the viewer to look and absorb everything in the frame without moving the camera.

The second piece of equipment we used was the shoulder mount. We used the shoulder mount a few times throughout the film. Mainly in the intro and in the outro. We used it to track Matthew as he walked whilst he spoke to the camera. 13 seconds in is where the intro is played. It is 8 seconds of the camera walking back, facing Matthew whilst he speaks. The shoulder mount I surprisingly steady and creates a great shot when doing walking shots like what we did. We also did a very similar shot but for the outro at 1:57. Again it is a moving shot with the camera moving backwards facing Matthew with the camera slowing down as Matthew leaves the frame.

The final bit of equipment we used was the jib. The jib is really effective when shooting really cinematic shots. The big movement makes a really cinematic effect