Teaser Trailer Equipment

TEASER TRAILER EQUIPMENT JOCELYN


Filming

We used a Canon EOS 7D to film our trailer. The benefit of using this camera is that the footage appears crisp and high definition. There are also many settings on the camera that can override each other, which I feel can effectively improve the quality of the shot.

Tripods

In all our shots we required tripods to hold the Kino-Flo Diva lights, to give us maximum stabilisation.
We also used a Steadi-cam tripod to film the shot two where Stacey is running into the distance, this helped create the feeling of chaos and immediacy.
A professional camera tripod was frequently used as it gives us a high level of control over using different camera shots whilst the character stays in frame e.g. panning shots, tilt, low angle shots, close-ups and medium close-ups.

Lighting

To film our teaser trailer, we used 400v Kino Flo Diva-Lite 400 and the 2-unit Diva-lite - soft lights from California, which allows you to manually reduce or increase the intensity of the lighting. In most of our shots we used one 2-unit Diva-Lite soft light and two 400v Kino Flo Diva-Lite soft lights, as the majority of our shots involved filming in tight corners and corridors so as to create the feeling of loneliness, isolation, fear and anxiety.

In the suffering shot and sink shot, we used a green filter to create a sense of hostility and sickness. The green filter often reminds people of hospital and so the colour green is symbolic of the suffering and pain experienced or witnessed in hospitals.

Rifa lights; We used a softbox to create soft key lighting; it has a soft fill and backlight which we used to light our photoshoots for the poster and magazine cover.

Photography

I used a Canon EOS 400D to take photographs for our posters and magazine cover. The camera was also used to capture behind the scenes shots.
We used a Bowens Gemini Esprit GM 500 flash unit, and connecting it up to a softbox so that the light perhaps delicate and 'soft' on Stacey's face.