Since this is a film is primarily filmed from unconventional perspectives, we plan to film the last sequence (The Police raid on the Terrorist location) through two perspectives, from the sniper team’s scopes and from a helmet (possibly two) of the B.C.T.U (Bournemouth Counter Terrorism Unit) members. Since this needs to look effective, as well as realistic, I’ve studied videos of armed unit in Afghanistan and there helmet camera footage. From this, I can create simple templates using Adobe After Effects or Photoshop, where I can create the side of the B.C.T.U members helmet.
Below are the three examples of varied forms of helmet cameras from military campaigns.
Below are sniper scope examples! In recent posts, I spoke about maintaining the audience’s focus on the correct part of the sequence, normally maintained through lighting as we’ve established. As effective and realistic as the template is, I want to keep it simple, so that it doesn’t detract audience focus from the scripted situation. Simple examples like the ones below I feel create this strong essence of a sniper scope, with realistic detail, that allows focus to stay on the narrative.
