Filming Review.

Saturday 16th February 2008.

Due to other commitments Jack and Sarah could not make filming on Saturday afternoon. So me and Nadia took the opportunity to film the setting on a bright and Sunny Day. This is so we can produce a contrast of the mood set by the weather. Sense of security is created on a sunny, bright day whereas a Foggy day creates an uneasy atmosphere where mood is dampened.
We took many shots of the setting and used our initiative and created bright child like writing on a wall to show the kidnapees vulnerability and innocence.


Wednesday 20h February 2008

Travelled to Royston via train and car (Kate drove :D), Luckily we had picked a foggy, cold morning and so created a creepy atmosphere to shoot our filming. We started with some simple panning shots of the field and farm like setting we were using. The setting provided us wuith odd, but interesting props generally scattered around the building fore example Boot, Bootles, Glasses etc. We used two windows of the barn to attach either end of our rope to. In our rope we created nooses for the dolls and a spare (for the hostage). We had to be careful as there was still a bit of broken glass present in the windows. We made sure we kept clear of the broken glass i the window panes. By one of the windows we had a paving stone sitting in the corner amongst the hay. We used this for the hostage (Nadia) to sit on. This allowed her to be seen easier by the camera as she wasn't in amongst all the straw, she stood out as she was slightly above it. It gave the idea that she wasn't supposed to be there. She wasn't supposed to fit in. We 'fluffed up' the hay surrounding the paving stone to try and hide it slightly. We tried to use a small windmill type object in the field but as there was not a lot of wind on that day we had to push it round ourselves which didn't last long! The sound it made when it swung round was a creepy clunking sound but we couldn't get it which was annoying.
We filmed the walking feet along the path and through to the barn. This went well but we had to be careful not to get the wrong footing when filming.