Tuesday, March 17, 2026

Production - Filming Tracking Shots

The final scene of the filming session is of Lilly being tracked through the house to the fridge where she sees the shadow figure and runs out of her house and into her car.

The first tracking shot begins with Lilly walking out of the bathroom past the camera and through the living room into the kitchen, to film this I panned as Laila walked out of the bathroom, then let her pass me so I could track her walking through the house. 

This was done in one take without a need to retake the shot, I did have to be mindful about a mirror which can be seen in the photo below to avoid being seen, this caused me to angle myself so that when I walked past it the mirror would not show me which would ruin the scene.









We then cut to her opening the fridge and used an over-the-shoulder shot and a mid-shot to show her grabbing water out of the fridge 















The shot then shows Lilly closing the fridge door and the shadow figure appearing on the other side causing her to panic 

This leads into a tracking shot of Lilly panickily running out of her which I recorded by running behind her while adding manual shakes to the camera to show a sense of panic. In this shot I also had to be mindful of the mirror again to not show myself in the frame. 









These tracking shots were more simple and manageable than we expected, also due to modern technology keep the camera steady while walking is made easier through built in stabilization features, which actually caused me problems when trying to create a shaky shot as it made have to exaggerate the amount of shake. Now I will edit the first part and receive feedback from my teammates to finish the first half while we schedule another filming session. 

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