What we though would be a great idea!

During filming, myself and Austen (group member) attempted to recreate the well renowned camera technique, the Dolly Zoom.

It was originally Austen’s idea – he came up with an inspiring idea which would replace the view of the murderer. As of now, we will have a Dolly Zoom focussed on the victim’s face to clearly display his tension and fear as the ‘murderer’ is about to hit.

The Dolly Zoom creates an enigma by allowing the audience to create their own interpretation of the ‘murderer’, instead of the original idea of just showing the face with no camera techniques used at all. This will ensure that the entire opening scene is more threatening to the viewer, just as if the figure is in front of them.

I originally saw this camera technique used in ‘Jaws (1975)’, whereby the lifeguard is in view of the Dolly Zoom which shows his fear when he sees the shark attack:

Below is a practice Dolly Zoom shot which was shot whilst we were filming.