Even though we all worked as a group and were a team, helping one another out we all did some stuff individually on the day. For example when Hannah was contributing by doing the make up we were in the basement setting up the equipment such as lighting and camera. With a sharp knife I cut a white t shirt which Lucy was going to wear to signify that she had been through trouble. As her makeup was progressing and getting worse each time I took at least 3/8 Polaroid pictures, then I used the pegs to attatch them to the string, which was then stuck to the wall with duck tape. We filmed the time lapse of the make up being done using a go pro; this was efficient as the rest of our group didn't need to be there recording it, instead we would be in the basement organising. We all took equal opportunities of recording certain shots. For example, Sophie and I did the pan with lots of attempt. I also hand held the camera when tracking him. As well as this, I would control the lighting in certain shots when I wasn't recording to make sure it wasn't to bright for our actors and sometimes I would hold the lighting stand in specific angle when certain shots were needed such as close up of hands and the feet of Lucy. Also, at the end of filming we thought it was a good idea to record areas of the location with a steady hand so we can put these shots at the beginning or end with our credits on. Sophie started doing this, but due to her hands shaking I took over and tried as best as I could to hand held the camera with a steady hand to record certain areas. Our group all had equal roles to make it fair, allowing us each to have opportunies and all have a chance to record and control the lighting.
Compare to our filming day schedule we started around 11:30am instead of 8:30. This is because realistically that is too early and it was enough time to set up everything, makeup done, have lunch all before 1 pm. After lunch we made sure everybody understood what they were doing, how they were going to act e.g. what they were going to say by showing them the script and the story board. On the plan it said we finished around 5:30 but we left the location around 5pm after we had cleaned everything up and put all the equipment back, like it was given to us. We used our story board on the day however we added more shots. For example in the flashback scene we added a close up of her face, her being strangled, her feet and her hands. We did this because we thought this would add more suspense to what he was doing to Lucy.
Most of our shots worked well, especially that pan because it is very smooth with no faults; this makes it eye catching to watch. Also with the man the audience has an opportunity to fully see the injuries of Lucy as these were in focus, which we did manually with the camera given. On the plan of our schedule we were supposed to record each scene in every single shot to make it easier to edit, however due to the small basement this made it difficult therefore we only recorded the shots which were necessary. We dresses Lucy in white to portray her innocent, which juxtaposes Yosi who was our male actor dressed in black. In the film screen the blonde teenager was dressed in a pale yellow which also symbolises her innocence and the killer was dressed in black. This indicates that our costumes were appropriate for our thriller due their meaning. We had Lucy act because she is a teenager, which reflects our target audience and therefore can sympathise with her. The sound of screaming was used a lot when recording to emphasis how scared she was and how malicious he was to her.
Overall, I was personally content of our outcome as we had worked so hard and not one of us gave up on the day. We kept trying even if we were really cold at some points or was tired. Our shot day met my requirements and I didn't think it would be challenging, but it was however it was all worth it! The mise-en-seen definitely encapsulated a mysterious effect giving the appropriate schema of what genre it is.
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