Post #51 Achieving the Gate Shot

 Beginning with the significance of this shot, I wanted to include this to establish the location relevant side of Charlotte's setting. It informs my audience that Charlotte is in a neighborhood.. This is shown by the minimal trees and house in the further part of the shot. Not only this but it extracts realism from the natural lighting and visible houses in the shot.

To do this, I placed a phone-stand on my patio in my backyard. I then moved the gate back and forth to make it appear as if it is windy. I wanted the weather to be windy because it is a part of the suspenseful genre convention. 

A challenge I encountered while doing this was the tree in the back of the shot. I may have made the gate seem windy but the tree was only slightly moving. This incorrectly presented the desired weather for this scene.

Like I said in the last blog, I improvised by enhancing the sound here. By doing this, my viewers can focus more on the importance of the sound quality than the imperfections. Alongside this, I made it get a little bit louder by moving the gate harsher towards the end.

Lastly, the close up of the gate's lock helps show my audience that my film will slowly get rougher and more intense towards the end. This is represented by the harsher swing of the gate when it gets closer to the next shot. The beginning and minimal noisy gate in the first shot represented the innocence of the setting where nothing has gone wrong yet.