Tricky Shots Falling Coins Analysis

This is our practice shots of coins falling. We have used lots of different way to create a good effect of coins falling at once, as though been poured from a bottle.

Practice 1
We lined lots of coins at the edge of the desk and pushed them off a few at a time, this gives a good effect because coins are always falling, but they aren't coming from the same place as it would if it were been poured from a jar. We are also wanting a waterfall like effect of falling coins and so will need lots more to create the effect we want. Another problem we have with this shot is that we set the camera to focus automatically instead of manually; this has made the focus of the camera bounce from the wall behind to the floor to the coins giving a confusing fuzzy effect. To sort this out we need to focus the camera manually on a spot where the coins will be falling so only te coins are in focus. I do like how as the coins fall they are fuzzy because they are falling too fast for the camera and with more coins this will look very good.

Practice 2
For the next practice we did the same as practice one but grouped the coins closer together and in a line from the edge of the desk instead of along. This does look much better than practice one because it looks as though there are more coins and they are falling from the same point. However the problem is that the coins are falling too fast and look too much like a fuzzy blur, we could solve this problem by using a camera that is more suited to faster speeds or not be as close to the coins. Another problem we have again the focus, we did use manual focus for this practice but it still doesn't capture the coins as well as we want it to.

Practice 3
For practice 3 we did the same as practice 2 by grouping them close together and pushing them off the edge. We have manually focused the camera on the edge of the desk where the coins are going to be falling. This has given the best focus out of the three practices. However I think this shot is too close to the coins and we need to be a bit wider to fit more in the shot. They also need to be pushed off more smoothly; we coud do this by using a ruler to push them together.

Practice 4
This is the best out of all practice shots of coins falling. To do this shot we poured the coins from a cup onto the the edge of the desk where they fell together. I think this looks good because all the coins are coming from the same place, it also makes it look as though there are lots more coins than there actually are.
Slow Motion
I think the slow motion coins dropping is effective because we see every coin falling. However because they are falling so fast it is hard to see as they are very fuzzy across the screen. We could try and use as special slow motion camera to do this.