From the beginning of the project we have been talking about one continuous shot leading to the ghost woman on the balcony of the hotel. To give us an idea of what it will look like I put together a quick animatic. Each frame is supposed to continue into the next one so there are no cuts.
Looking at the animatic if we are to use one long shot we will have to put more inter cutting sequences or add something to the scenes to make them interesting.
At the moment I find your animatic a little confusing (particularly the ending). Perhaps there is a slightly more detailed version in the wokrs?
ReplyDeleteI also think you may be covering too much distance with camera. You can build tension in other ways. A good example of this is the trailer for shining (link below) that holds the camera whilst building tension through sound and then uses spectacle. This is not to say that you shouldn't move your camera but perhaps use it in a more economical way.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I6qDqdYY6-Y