The Stair Incident (5 sample shots)
By: Lazaro Alfonso
In this video, I went for an establishing shot in order to introduce where the following shots would take place. I wanted to get a bird's eye view of the flight of stairs, so I chose to record the video from the top left of the staircase, slowly walking to the right to show it all in a straight manner. It isn't perfect, but it is a great start for my first shot!
The second clip features a first person point of view shot of my feet walking over to the staircase, to descend downwards. I was considering a close up shot to introduce the subject to the audience, but I would rather that the audience sees through my eyes of when I approached the scene. Another small detail to add, I included my feet in the frames instead of looking straight as to not confuse the audience to whose POV it is.
Now here comes the climax, going down the stairs. We settle on a wide shot of me descending down the stairs, closing in on the scene's tension to what is about to unravel. I decided against any other shots to really express where I am on the stairs, as well as how far down I have gone.
I have fallen on the stairs during this scene (based on true events). It hurt, like, a lot. This was probably the hardest part to shoot, not only because of how painful it is when floor meets elbow, but because of how dirty that filthy ground was, having been stepped on by thousands of Everglades students (I am washing my clothes and my face at this very moment). A high angle was used in this clip to evoke how vulnerable I am to the action of walking down steps, my humiliation is immaculate.
The final shot, a close-up shot to be specific. I decided to go with this to capture my exact expression of embarrassment getting up from the ground. The only thought behind those eyes are whether someone witnessed that torturous plummet onto the concrete. I cannot believe I went ahead with this plot.
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