Research and Planning - Location Recces 2

 

 

This video shows the location in which we did our second bit of filming. It was in a simply decorated apartment that we hired for the day specifically for the filming of the teaser trailer. We only used the one bedroom for filming which was perfectly decorated in white with a bed against a sheer empty wall. This was perfect as it allowed us to place every prop and item perfectly where we wanted it to help create the desired effect. Here you can see where we placed the camera and tri-pod at the end of the bed to film the wall with the images of the girl which we were able to stick on in the place we felt most suitable. We did the risk assessment on the apartment and found that it would be a perfect location to do the filming for our teaser trailer.   

Research and Planning - Actor Release Form

 

This here is the actor release form signed by Sophie who is playing the girl being stalked in our teaser trailer and it is also signed by a witness.  It simply says that she agrees to act in the trailer for me and Naomi and also that she understands there will be no  financial gain from doing so.

Research and Planning - Quality of images

Today we have been comparing the quality of pictures taken with an SLR camera against pictures taken with a regular digital camera. We took the same photos on each cameras, in both inside and outside locations and then analysed them together looking for the differences between the two.
Here is an example of two of the same pictures we have taken, we circled the differences of the normal digital camera on the left, with the SLR camera on the right in red below. From this we can clearly see that the quality of the images produced with the SLR camera are far better than those produced with the regular digital camera. From testing out this theory I have decided that when taking the images and intend on using for my film poster and magaize cover that the best camera to use will be the SLR as the images are far better in quality and look more of a proffessional standard.

Researh and Planning - Rough Cut of Teaser Trailer

This is the rough cut of our teaser trailer. It is not the finished rough cut, as we still have a small number of scenes and finishing touches to add to the trailer. As you can see we have filmed in two different locations, one being indoors and one being out doors. To go with these scenes I have put together two location reccess so you can see where the shots were filmed. One was by a train line and one was in an apartment which we managed to hire for the day specifically to film the trailer. It was difficult trying to cut out all the necessary scenes down to a minimum whilst still trying to make the trailer flow and make sense to the audience. We managed to cut down the trailer to under one minute and this is without the scenes that still have to be filmed. So we now have a lot more cutting down of the scenes above and also the transitions to be put in and also the scenes which will have text on.  

Research and Planning - Location Recces

Here are a few images of the location some of the scenes for my teaser trailer were filmed. The location is where the end following scenes take place. It was chosen because it fit the bill for a typical 'chase' scene. It is a path where on one side is the slip road for a motorway and on the other side is a church. We filmed the scene at night and so the noise from the motorway added to the effect along with the creepy stereotypical look that a church has at night. This proved to be a perfect location to film the chase scene as we were having a shot from the characters point of view as if she was running, so we hear her breath down the camera and their is no music and so the sound from the motorway acts as a form of scary soundtrack to go alongside this where their is no sountrack or sound effects.