Using the lone person sitting in an empty space scenario, demonstrate how a pan can alter thematic emphasis. Make sure you compare the pan version to the edited version and fully analyse the dramatic effects of both. Also which do you prefer? When filming a character in an open space there are many thematic and stylistic thought processes a filmmaker must go through, one is movement of the camera, as the audience will need to be able to see the person and the open space in which they are in. Two of the best choices are a series of edited shots flicking between the subject and the open space or the other is the moving camera in the form of a pan to pan from the subject to the open space. Example A, Edited Shots

Example B, Pan footage

Example A shows two clips which were edited side by side, an edit means we lose the smooth easy on the eye transition a pan offers, although if an edit is done well and executed professionally it will pass by the viewer with minimul disruption to smooth viewing, the edit though does hold as stylistic feature, with the character in an open space the edit acts as a way of shocking the audience as to how wide and open the space is and how lonely and isolated the character is, as he goes from a medium shot of our subject to a long shot showing his full surroundings, however the choice of a pan shown in example B could be a better choice. The pan is a more subtle approach to the moving camera and very easy on the eye of the viewer, it creates the sense in the footage we filmed that the character belongs here as oppose to the edit to the big space with the shock of the large area. I prefer the pan as it creates an over all nicer effect for the veiwer visualy and stylistically.

Having created two versions of the phone ringing scene compare and contrast the two versions and asess which one you think has more tension. Having discussed the variations of a scene based on edit and pan in relation with space, it can also be used on props to cause tension, we filmed a subject sat at a table and a phone rining in a bag next to him, the subject is un aware the phone is ringing. We made two versions an edited version and a moving camera version.

The Pan Footatge. The pan footage shows the subject writing at a desk pans down to the bag next to him then continues to pan back to him working un aware the phone is going off. The tension is obvious in this scene we want the character to grab the bag and answer the phone. The Slow pan down towards the bag adds to the tension as the bag is revealed slowly as oppose to the audience been shown it with the use of an edit, the movment is natural as if our eyes are drawn to the bag.

The Edited Footage. The idea of this footage is the same, the subject is working at a desk and the phone begins to ring, again the tension is visible we want the subject to answer his phone. The camera starts as a tripod shot then edits to a low angle shot featuring the bag and subject in the foreground. The edit acts to show the audience where the noise is coming from without the suspense of waiting for it to be revealed in the pan movement.

The two effects pull the two versions into polar opposites, the pan shot is more tense for the reason you have to wait for the bag to be revealed so are left wondering where the noise is coming from. The edit in my opinion is the tenser of the two versions, it adds a sense of unease for the audience as the edit draws us straight onto the ringing phone in the bag. Compare and contrast what the pan and track in the shot of the subject walking does to the position of the spectator. The following exercise consisted of filming a subject walking down a path, shot once using a pan shot and then again using a tracking shot. Both of them are showing the exact same action but they convey different audience position and feeling.

Above are three stills showing the beginning middle and end of the subject walking along a path. The pan shot can only work to this effect when the camera is positioned a distance away this already makes the audience feel they are watching the subject from a distance. The spectators position will now be that of an outsider watching the subject walk by from the other side of the road. It makes the audience weary of the subject on screen.

The above sequence shows the subject walking the same path but shot in a tracking shot, this completely changed the dynamic of the sequence as the spectator is closer to the subject, it stays in the vein of a point of view shot but the tracking shot shows what the subject can see.