Filming

Day 1Today we filmed the shots of Rizwana when she is tied up. We filmed a lot of close ups of her face and hands and extreme close ups as well, in order to create a variety of shots. This will make our trailer more interesting and appealing through creating the tense atmosphere that is a common in horror/thriller trailers. We had problems with the lighting as if we turned the lights off it was too dark and the camera wasn't picking anything up. Then we used a torch with a blue tint to it making the lighting seem dark and cold.

Day 2

Today we filmed the shots of Tovia when she is being chased and then dragged down the stairs. This involved filming long shots, medium shots and close ups to see Tovia's reaction and fear. We also filmed the close up of the photographs of us all on a table at Emily's garage where the lighting is chiaroscuro.We had the killers hands drawing on them, tearing them in half and the knife stabbing them. This series of shots as well as creating a tense feel, helps create narrative exposition- explaining the story and establishing that the three girls are targets.

Day 3Today we filmed the shots of Tovia in the car which are important shots as they show Tovia with a chance of escape therefore creating enigma as to whether she does actually escape. We use long shots, medium shots and close ups to see Tovia's face. One of these close ups was hard to film as we had to film an extreme close up of a reflection of Tovia's eyes in the rear view mirror, but after a few tries we were successful. Also some of the filming involved putting the camera on the dashboard in order to film a close up of Tovia's face in the front seat. This series of shots create a fast action sequence that is commonly seen in the end of trailers like in ours. We also filmed the shots of Emily in an empty car park which seemed a suitable location as we filmed it so she would look like she was walking towards a car.

Day 4

Today we filmed the shot of Tovia waking up in bed which follows on from the shot filmed previously of Emily being killed. This has a large impact as it creates a fast and strong rhythm to the pace of editing therefore adding to the drama of the trailer. We also filmed the opening establishing shot, the long shots of Rizwana and the point of view shot of the baseball bat. The point of view shot was difficult to film as we tried to film it a different way, with the camera to the side of Tovia swinging the bat, but that didn't work well either. We decided that the POV shot was more effective and if we put a fade to either black or white afterwards it could look more effective.

Any changes to plans

After our first successful filming session we discussed when and where we would film the next lot of shots. We decided to change our original plans of filming in a wood to filming in a cemetery as it would create the right atmosphere for our trailer. As well as this it would be near a specific road we wanted to film some other shots on so we could get more done. This improved the overall organisation of our group and enabled us to use our time better.
Also we decided to film some of Rizwana’s close ups, again and change the lighting and also her makeup to make it look more affective. When we did this we liked the results and decided we would use the second lot of shots. We also decided that we would film the opening scenes somewhere else- in a less public place( an empty rural path) ; due to the use of a baseball bat as a weapon. This way no-one could see us and get the wrong idea.

Technical decisions and any difficulties encountered

We had to film some shots again as we accidentally recorded over them and we are in the process of working out the shots we lost so we can make sure we have everything we are going to need. We decided that we were going to film shots in the different locations with different lighting in order to create the impression of different times of day. We also did this as it is common to have chiaroscuro lighting in horror films- which we have chosen to use in some shots (Rizwana’s close ups)  in our trailer.