I'm going to be filming a piece soon where I want a very claustrophobic feel to it. I've found lots of tips already, but one of them confuses me:
"keep your planes frontal and not longitudinal", "Avoid 1, 2, or 3 point perspective"
My brain is having trouble envisaging a shot that doesn't make any use of 1, 2 or 3 point perspective. Can someone enlighten me?
Every single shot too XD
do you know this movie (Buried)? it's not about claustrophobia but when i saw it all alone in the dark i felt like i was in this box too.
Don't want to pull a battlefield earth, but gotta love that* canted angle. I love a moving shot that slightly introduces the canted angle over the course of the shot. Brings in that subtle element of dissonance as the shot continues
Good tips:
Obviously locations and set dressing have there parts to play too.
How about posting some of those tips. This is an extremely useful topic.
1 point perspective creates a sense of space and depth.
Could you avoid any perspective by shooting on a narrow lens angle with a subject against a parallel wall (or a complete plain background of any colour)?
Or do it audio only? That would fulfil the advice! Joking aside, that would give you a sense of claustrophobia - good audio but against very ill-defined shapes, as if you're trapped inside something.
Or if you have to have pictures, keep the camera in one position. Sort of like a bush of death, but with acting which could be on- or off-camera.
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