Director's research

I've been doing a lot of director research in preparation for the 'If I Was King' shoot. I've been watching a lot of BBC Three comedies. All their comedies seem to be bright, colorful which is exactly what I want to achieve with my shoot. Although with most of it being set in a dull office and on a tight budget it may be hard to achieve. I've also been watching my last project 'Toerags' to see if there is anything I would differently...And there is a lot. I think with Toerags we just set the camera up and shouted action and filmed it. I don't want to do that with If I Was King, I want the camera to moving into the action as opposed to it already being on the action. I think it looks a lot more professional. This is a an example of what I'm talking about, its a scene from Gavin & Stacey where they are in a chemist buying a pregnancy test. The camera give a great establishing shot of the self before turn around to see Gavin browsing. If I was shooting that scene around the same time as I did Toerags I probably would have filmed a shot of them outside the chemist,  them walking into the chemist, looking around for the pregnancy tests. And that's exactly what I want to avoid. Their way is a lot quicker for letting you know where you are and getting straight into the action.... Below is the clip