The scenes after scene one (at around 30 to 45 seconds) will be used solely with a Canon Rebel t5i camera. A close friend of mine is a photographer and uses this camera and has lend my cinematographer and I its use and his knowledge! Now that the thought behind filming with the Nikon Coolpix S3700 was elaborated, the reasoning of switching near the middle of this film opening is to contrast the state in which the main character, Pam, is in. We want audiences to be thrown off-guard when the camera quality becomes so impressive at the end of the home video, symbolizing the new reality Pam lives without her beloved friend with an entirely different film resolution present.
A tripod we bought to help my cinematographer make very still, precise shots during the scenes after the home video.
Pictures we took using the Canon camera to showcase the quality of the camera and the low exposure, dark atmosphere it creates.
The duality of using the camera is that it clearly separates scene 1 from the rest because of its quality and adds to the depressing atmosphere of the film from its ability to manipulate color and exposure levels as seen in the practice images. The Nikon Coolpix was used to develop the idea in audiences that it is a home video, while the Canon camera brings the film to the next level of a cinematic look. The clarity in which the camera captures also adds to the film's representation of grief; as if the world for Pam has completely changed, hence a different camera.
The content on the camera can be easily transferred using an SD card reader and overall was a quick learn for my cinematographer. Zooming in on the camera does not create any noise and creates very smooth videography, in comparison to the Nikon's produced sound of zooming in being heard intentionally in the film itself. The Canon's use in these scenes will remove the personal atmosphere of the girls recording themselves effectively.
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