We arrived at Shenfield Cricket Club, Chelmsford Road in Shenfield on 30th March 2010.
Our aim for this day was to shoot the outside shots which we had been unable to do on our first visit as we had no access to the car and limited time available.
9:00AM: We decided to shoot the shots which included the car first so that it could be taken home as quickly as possible for convenience.
The weather had panned out in our favour as we wanted a dull, miserable setting to set the tone for the thriller through pathetic fallacy.
We set up the tripod and, to protect the camera from rain, held an umbrella over it.
We then shot the car pulling up into a parking space, which only required one take, we then shot Laurence as a detective stepping out of the car and looking out at the setting. This was a low angle shot which we decided to use to depict this characters power in the real world. However this required two takes because we found difficulty in tilting the camera to his head level in time for him to shut the door and get a short shot which we wanted.
9:10AM: When this shot was completed Elliott's sister was able to take the car home so we moved on to the other outside shots. We had storyboarded an establishing shot of the building as a wide shot so we could show the whole of it, and when we arrived at the location we decided to shoot it from the back of the building so that we could shoot from across the field because there were some cars parked at the front. We felt that this would take away the mystery of the establishing shot and add reality, whereas we could achieve an isolated effect from the back because it looked alone and away from civilization (considering our title which translates as Abandoned.) We shot this for about 10 seconds so that we would have lenience in how long this shot would be shown and also considered that the inevitable sound of wind could effect some parts, so in doing this we could avoid this as much as possible.
When this shot was completed, we decided to shoot the detectives leading up to entering the house. This consisted of a long shot of the two walking towards the camera and the building, and then for continuity reasons, we shot them walking further from the back so the audience could see the door. We shot each of these for roughly 5 seconds as we were aware that they would only need to be shown for a few, as they would work together as a short sequence after editing. We had previously shot the detectives actually walking through the door on our first visit as we were aware that we would not have access to keys the second time. However, we still needed to shoot a high angle shot as the detectives got close to the door. We decided to use this to show, in connection with the low angle shot, how they had now become vulnerable because this location is abandoned as they were about to inspect the horrors of a torture scene. In order to achieve this, Matthew stood on the top step of the doorway and held the camera high above his head. We had planned to stand on top of the wheelie bin which was situated outside, but due to the weather we felt that this would risk our safety so rethought our actions. Although we were unable to use the tripod so risked a shaky shot, we were aware that we only needed to hold it still for a maximum of 2 seconds as it wouldn't be shown for long in the thriller. But to overcome this, we replayed the shot at the location to ensure that we had suitable footage.
9:20AM: The last shot of the day was a point of view shot to give the effect that the detectives were being watched when entering the house, to add to the thrilling and tense effect on the audience. To achieve this shot, Jade stood behind a bush and handheld the camera to give the effect of realistic movement, whilst panning the detectives' movements. We also ensured that, after a few seconds of filming, we would quickly move the camera towards the bush to give the effect of the person wanting to hide and not be seen by them for some reason, to create an enigma.
Jade Smith
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