Smashing Bottles Footage!

We used two white bed sheets to create a white backdrop for our shots, this meant the colour of the 'wine' showed up more and also to prevent the audience being distracted by the background such as the garden and trees that were naturally behind.

We stood on a chair behind the backdrop to get a good height in order for the bottle to fully smash. We use an Iphone 6 to film these slow-motion shots, at first we were worried about using this device, but we soon understood the timings and the method in which to get the best footage. We found that we had to count to three seconds once pressing the record button in order for the slow motion effect to kick in at the right time. As it didn't take long to film we didn't feel we needed to use a tripod as firstly, our arm wouldn't get tired and secondly the shots were in strange positions in order to get the right angles using a tripod stand. 

After filming these shots, we went back and reviewed our footage. We then used the Iphone editing crop button, in order to keep our footage minimal and concise rather than long and boring. We understand using expensive cameras and expensive software to create this slow motion effect would have been more effective, but this was not accessible to us, and we feel this other alternative worked in our favour and showed our use of modern technology.