Fourth day of filming.

Filming day 4

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Today was our 4th film session of the second idea we thought of. We filmed this by Danielle Flood (the killers) house. She had a really good ally way. The ally was narrow with bushes and trees arching the top. I thought this would be a very good scene for a lone girl to be walking home and someone grabs her. I also made sure we story boarded the scenes so we know exactly what will happen next, there is a snippet from our story board at the bottom of this post, I did the story board using the computer as it was easier and quicker this way.

Firstly we started of the girl coming out of her house.
(As the killers house wasn't right by the ally we had use a random house and Trisha went into the gate and came out to close it, we asked permission of course and the lady was very accepting) With Danielle (killer) waiting close by; the victim crossed the road. This was taken in a wide shot to get a bigger picture of the surroundings. I then panned across the victim crossing the road. This is when Danielle (the killer) comes on screen and appears from no-where to follow the girl leading to the ally way.
(This shot took many tries as people kept walking past, and cars kept going past!)
Once half way down the road I had to change camera positions so both actors had to stay in the same place so continuity would be precise. I changed from the tri-pod to handheld to follow the victim and killer down the ally way. This was taken in an over the shoulder shot from the killer, we carried this on till we got to the end of the ally way. I also zoomed in on the killers feet and the victims feet, this would give an edgy effect as the girl realises she' not alone by the sound of fast pacing footsteps behind her.

We decided that it could be scarier if we see the girl actually being grabbed then the camera would cut of instead of just seeing the killer following. However this would be implied in the audience's mind. So we decided to do two takes of the different endings.
This wasn't part of the storyboard, but we thought; may aswel shoot it and see what it turns out like!
We had to shoot the ally way bit again and when she crosses the road.
We decided we didn't want to see the killer until half way down the ally and then he'd appear from behind her. This would create tension for the audience as they would be anticipating what was going to happen next.
firstly for this take I followed the girl from her house which was shot on the tri-pod, then changed to hand held when following her down the ally then gave a queue for when Danielle (killer) to appear and to start following the girl. Just before the killer would appear I changed to the tri-pod again making sure the Trisha stood still so continuity wouldn't be effected. Using the tri-pod for this is a good effect because as the killer appears and starts following her,the two char actors would get further away form the camera and in the distance you see the girl being grabbed. This is effective as the audience see the crime being commited, but are unsure of the outcome.
We took many different shooting of this with the killer waiting in different places, one was a bush, the other was an old fence cramped in a corner and behind a building. This way we can fit the best one to the scene when we edit.
When Danielle (killer) grabbed Trisha (victim) she made a struggling sound, this sound effect makes the scene more realistic and the audience even more tense.

I'm looking forward to uploading and editing now!