Task 1a:Eye Slide Technique

Eye Slide Summary

This shot is an effective way to reveal new information because it uses the character's point of view. It is especially effective when the character discovers something that he/she did not expect. To achieve this shot, first shoot the object to reveal at a good distance away from the camera. A tip to create more tension is by looking through something else (ex. hole in a wall). This first shot must be motionless. Then, with a long lens camera, pause at one end of the object, then quickly pan to the other end of the object. 

For example, on a student's first day of school, he/she may walk to her first period, peek through the window and see instead of students just blank desks, although it was 2 minutes before class. The Eye Slide would show the view from the window of the desks, and then the next part would be a pan from on end of the classroom (of the desks) to the other end. Because what the student finds is not expected of, it would shock her, and there would be more tension. 

*Do not zoom, for people's eyesights don't "zoom" into stuff. 

Eye Slide Example:

Location: School (YISS)

New Student: Angie Kim

tHt Member guiding: Christina Kim

Storyboard summary:

On the first day of school, a new may walk to her first period with a tHt member, peek through the window and see instead of students just blank desks, although it was 2 minutes before class. The Eye Slide would show the view from the window of the desks, and then the next part would be a pan from on end of the classroom (of the desks) to the other end. Because what the student finds is not expected of, it would shock her, and there would be more tension.