BSA234 (Cinemtaography) Week 6 : Shoulder Mount Test

We tested the shoulder mount over the weekend to see whether or not it would work for the first sequence of the film, wherein there should be a lot of following the character around. With movies like the conjuring this is usually done with a handheld effect, something which we theorized would be present with the shoulder mount, and not say the Steadicam.

BTS PHOTOS

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This behind the scenes photo of The Conjuring displays how they filmed most of it, and like our shoulder mount the camera operator rests the camera on his shoulder while moving around the set.

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VERY IMPORTANT FINDING

 If the talent moves and you shoot with a fast enough shutter speed you can create a photo where it looks like the person is still but looks tense:

We played around with lighting a little bit but can't do much without a lighting kit.