Group Meeting and Filming

Yesterday we shot all of the indoor scenes, and we feel that they fit the narrative well enough and represent the genre very well. We have shot the scenes of our actress inside the bedroom, reading out the note on the doll, and then it cuts to a scream and an image of our actor's silhouette against the yellowy curtains. This was all shot two or three times, so we can review back over all of the footage so far and choose what we think works best. We also yesterday shot the scene of the dog running off into the woods, the shot of the swings swinging on their own, and the shot of the actress on the swing, cuddling her dog then the killer walking behind her. We believe this reenforced the narrative, and should creep out the audience because the actor comes across as quite intimidating in these shots. We also shot some silent shots of the graveyard, and it makes the narrative quite scary. Next wednesday we plan to film all of the shots of the woman running in the woods, and we plan to do many angles, such as worms eye views and long shots and medium shots. When we edit some of these, we plan to do some special effects, such as fading to black and things like that, to reenforce the genre and the expectations of that. This will also help to fulfil the audience pleasures- they get what they have set out to look for- a scary film opening.

Next week- on friday and saturday, we want to finish all of the filming, and this will help us to meet all of the deadlines. On friday, we will finish all the shots then look over them all, then saturday will be the final date to reshoot anything we don't feel satisfied with at all. We have asked our actress to wear the same outfit every time we film, and this will help when we reshoot because it will keep the consistency with the story line. we shot everything on a tripod and this will help stop any potential camera shake.