Preperation for a low angle shot of the pills falling down.

In our opening to a thriller movie we will be using a tripod for the majority of our shots. We have chosen to use a shot or the camera looking almost vertical on Taylors Character when he drops the pills. Previous posts explain how the camera shot will make the pills look like they are rolling around the floor and how the plastic will cover it. I am using clear plastic that was left over from my graphics project and shaped it to a 30cmx20cm rectangle so when the pills hit they will not damage the camera and do not fall together. I simply used a band saw to cut the plastic and it will simply sit on top of the lense.

Secondly we needed something for the camera to rest on when it was on the floor and practically looking up vertically. The tripods do not go that low and if we use any old piece of junk we find on the floor it will be unstable and would be a risk of unnecessary movement of the camera which will loose us marks. To prevent this I used a scrap piece of wood and cut to pieces as shown in the picture. I then cut a groove for a second bit of plastic to be glued on using PVA so it will stay strong. We now have a rest for the camera so it will be held perfectly still on the floor when the pills hit it and will save the person filming laying on a dirty abandoned house floor.

- Brad Hart