Production Begins

Filming the Remakes- Crewing for Fahrenheit 451

In our lesson we helped another group with their re-creation of the opening of the 1966 dystopian film 'Fahrenheit 451'. They needed shots of television aerials, so we filmed from the school field, using a tripod and a video camera to get the desired effect. The zoom function on the camera was very smooth, so this helped to precisely replicate the gradual close up used in the original shots.

I think that it was useful to see how the cameras worked, as this will be key in our own re-creation of 'Bridget Jones's Diary'. We may possibly shoot from several different angles using multiple cameras as some shots in the opening are face-on wide shots and others are wide shots from the corner of the room. I think we should use a DSLR as all of the shots are stationary, so we won't need the camera to focus quickly;it will remain focused on one particular spot. I also think that setting up the tripod efficiently could be difficult for our group, as we only have three people, but because we don't need any tracking shots, we won't have much other equipment, such as a steady-cam.