11:30: We decided to use our story boards to film in chronological order, so as not to confuse or end up forgetting vital shots. However, we did shoot all flashbacks first as Charli, the victim character, had to leave sooner than the rest of us. So Charli got into costume and we smudged her lipstick and mascara to give the impression that she has been crying from distress and may have already been through a lot. We also used make up to give Matt dark eyes to give him a more rough and unpleasant appearance.
11:45: The the first shot we filmed was the flashback of the victim and kidnapper walking up the steps as she is forced through the door. We had to do a few takes to get good results, and aimed to get more footage that neccessary so we had more to work with in editing. To achieve this shot, we used a panning movement using the tripod.
We then filmed the shot of the kidnapper forcing the victim down the corridor. To achieve this we had the camera on the tripod, situated behind the characters so that we saw the action from behind, and this would allow us to view the corridor as well. We shot their entire journey to the end of the corridor, so that we could then take the best 3/4 seconds in editing.
The next flashback we shot was of the victim tied to the chair, with the kidnapper circling her. We set up this shot by placing the chair in the middle of the shower room. We also put some fake blood on her dress, and a knife that Matt would hold in his hand in a threatening nature. We used the tripod, and only needed to move the camera slightly to include all of the action of the shot.
12:10: For the next shot, we only needed Matt. We set up the shot by putting fake blood all over a sink after ensuring that it could easily be washed off without leaving a stain, and we put the bloody knife in aswell, we then put the blood on Matt's hands and placed a towel on the side for him to use in action. It was key for us to get this shot right as the towel was white so would already be blood stained if we had to reshoot it. Although we realised that we could possibly move the towel into a different position if it was completely neccessary. Luckily, it went well and we filmed Matt wiping his hands on the towel for about 10 seconds to have more footage than needed.
We then directed Matt to hold the bloody knife in his hand and we filmed this as a close up, and slowly tilted the camera. We also used a tripod here to keep the camera steady.
We then placed the petrol can next to a drain and allowed so that the water was left dripping down it. We filmed this as a close up for about 7 seconds, knowing that we would only need to use about 3.
We had also previously written a small note and brought a lighter to set it alight, whilst baring in mind the health and safety issues surrounding this. We zoomed in to this shot with the camera, to keep it away from the fire, to achieve a close up and as we recorded Matt set the edge alight.
12:35: After the flashbacks were finished, we were able to film the detective scenes. The first shot we filmed was of the two walking through the door to complete a match cut, We shot this from inside the house and used a panning motion on the tripod.
To follow on from this, we stood in a doorway opposite the corridor so that we could postion the camera far enough away for the detectives to move through at a suitable distance. We filmed for about 10 seconds here.
We then moved the camera to the shower room to film the detectives entering it. We filmed this as a mid shot and, when recording, Elliott moved to the door and Laurence joined him.
This shot would lead to the next in the sequence, with the next shot being from the detectives point of view. To achieve this we stood in the doorway where the detectives had been seen, and shot a close up of the chair which we had previously positioned in the centre of the room.
We then filmed the detectives looking at eachother, stepping through the door and looking to the sink. For continuity, we then filmed them from behind walking over to this sink as a mid shot using the tripod. This was the last shot that we filmed of the day, and like the others we filmed more footage than we needed to give us more to work with in editing.
Jade Smith
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