Sunday, 1 November 2015

How to do a fight scene

One of the things that we are defiantly going to have in our scene is a fight scene.
Fight scenes are usually don't encounter physical harm to the people doing the scene. The camera shots and actions of the actors help with the realistic look of the fight. The people aim for the place they want to hit but miss it. Using fake blood is a good way to make the fight look realistic. This show how hard the punch is meant to be and how big the fight is. This is the visual image of the pain and injuries rather than just facials and body language. An example is if someone one punches a person n the face putting fake blood round their lips and/or get them to spit it out. Fake blood isn't the only prop that we will use, we will have to use eyeshadow, which will show the bruising and will also show the force of fights. These won't only be used on faces, it will be used for the knuckles and hands of those in the fight.
We may use slow motion shots to show the strength of the person behind it, and the weakness of the person receiving the punch. Having some slow motion shots it shows our ablity with the camera and editing.
We will also use other props in the scene. For example we may use plates. The plates would be thrown and broken. This will take time and a lot of takes as we want a specific speed and direction the plate would go. This means that we need to invest in quite a few plates that we are able to break.
We may also need knives. They need to be sharp and look realistic and look like we are using them in a violent manner, but we won't actually harm those in the scene. The camera shots and use of fake blood and voices will make this look realistic.
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I feel that these are good props for the scene that we're doing. As the scene is set in a dining room and they're able to get hold of these props very easily.

There are some videos we watched on Youtube that has helped us with ideas about the fight actions that might help us when we film it. They also help with the camera shots and actions to do with the camera and how to do the make up to make the scene look real. These where the videos that stood out to us..
I found this clip very good at helping me understand the way to do a fight scene without hurting the person who is in the fight scene with you and how to position and hold the camera when they fight to show what type of fight scene we want like the heroic one or the realistic more brutal fight scene. This shows how important the body stances and performance are to make the fight look realistic, and affect the viewers and help the scene provide tension. Although the techniques in this video are quite simple and basic they are very effective.

This clip shows even more camera shots and how to hold the camera. This shows that it will take time to film as we need to find the correct shots that show the better punches. This clip shows that the use of blood is good for fight scenes. The clip shows that the victim when on the floor, the camera shots are usually pointed down, this could show how weak they are at that moment in time. The camera shots in this clip will make the fight scene look realistic and increase the energy of the fight.

The facials and movements through the fight scene are very important. They could make our break the clip. If the reaction of the punch or kick is a second too slow it could wreck the whole scene, as well as them reacting to quick to the punch. You facial reaction and body reaction is immensely important thing to focus on during the fight scene. This will show the realisation of the fight. I found that one of the best camera shots of a fight scene is the over the shoulder shot, this will make the people fighting look closer together.
Using a hand help camera through the fight scenes give the fight a realistic look as it is not clean cut. You should never voluntary shake a camera on purpose, but there will be slight shakes as it is a hand held camera, which could wreck the footage.
Editing skills I have found is that if we shoot a fight scene from two angels we will be to choose which one the fight will look better from. As we don't actually hit the person we are fighting we may need to find a angle that makes the fight scene look real.






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