Filming day

Day of Filming 

All members of the group and our actor met up at approximately 10:30am at the filming location. We chose this time as we were unsure as to how long it would take to capture our

footage as well as extra shots. Once we arrived myself and Izzy ( a group member) decided to set up our props. We stuck all of our images of victims, newspaper clippings and murder case posters up on the antagonists bedroom wall and set up the bedroom by re-organising the furniture and making the environment look clean and tidy, due to this reflecting the antagonists'  mental illness, OCD. We also removed items out of the bathroom cupboard and placed the pills and medication on the shelves. In addition we ensured that there was no possible hazards, by referring back to our risk assessment sheet and making the environment safe for us to use. Furthermore, whilst me and Izzy were doing this, Emma set up the camera , assembled the tripod and set up the correct lighting in the bathroom, due to this being the first room to film in. In addition Emma made sure that the white balance was appropriate by taking a few test shots. 

However we also faced a few issues whilst recording our extract. For example Evan, our actor didn't own a dark coloured shirt, therefore he wore a striped blue one instead. But this wasn't a major issue as it didn't affect his presentation and still managed to come across as sinister. In addition Evan misplaced his watch and this was important as time plays a fairly large focal point within the narrative, However, luckily Frankie's dad allowed us to use his watch which therefore solved the issue. Another issue was that both of our lights blew whilst recording our first scene, and this was unfortunate as we had to depend on natural lighting and in some scenes, the lighting was fairly dark because of this issue. Although after viewing our footage the lighting isn't really an issue and the editing will again improve the lighting to a higher standard, by altering the exposure and contrast.

Overall, we managed to stick to our filming schedule and finished packing up the equipment around 3:45pm.