Potential List of Tricky Shots

Here is a list of 'tricky' shots that we could use in our film:

• Selective colour edit  - To reveal the red rubber band on the money, it could be good to show it in a black and white flashback, with a selective colour effect showing the red rubber band wrapped around the money to help bring the audience's attention to the rubber band.



This is shown in Sin City where the film was shown in black and white,
except for a few objects where colour was shown.

• Backwards Rewind edit - I think to show the transition from realtime to flashback, a good idea could be for us to reverse the footage, to create an effect that looks like it's going back in time.



This was an example of a backwards rewind edit that was used in Christopher Nolan's 'Memento'. Nolan used forward playing sounds in this shot. To capture the bullet going backwards, it had to be dropped infront of the camera, but it kept going out of frame.Instead, Nolan had to blow the bullet out of the frame, but the filming crew shot it in reverse. Because of this they had to make an optical copy and reverse the shot to make it go forward again.

• Pull Focus - At the end of the film, when the guy is walking past the shop he robs and the money is revealed, I think we could show the lost money by using a pull focus, to slowly reveal the money to the audience

This is an example of a pull focus, used in Dexter. In this shot, Dexter is shown to be in focus in the background, whilst Elway is shown to be out of focus. When Dexter walks out of shot, the camera shifts the focus to show Elway as being in focus, whilst the background goes out of focus.

• Trunk Shot - A trademark of film maker Quentin Tarantino, I feel like this would be an ideal shot to introduce the characters. A trunk shot is shot from inside a car's boot whilst looking up to the characters. In addition to this, I think it would be a good idea at the start of the film to have the sound muffled whilst the boot is closed. This shot could potentially be tricky for our group to accomplish in our short film because fitting a camera inside a car boot could be difficult. Also, if we chose to do the muffled sound effect, this would require extensive knowledge of Final Cut.

This is an example of a trunk shot used in Quentin Tarantino's Reservoir Dogs. It shows the characters in a low angle shot looking into a car's boot. It is a common occurance amongst Quentin Tarantino's films.