Filming

When filming for our thriller, we all met at Bramcote park (our chosen location) and made our way up to the specific area of the woods that I had identified to be the prime location to film. The first thing we did upon arrival was to record 2 minuets of ambient sound.


Once we had set up the camera for the first shot and set the white balance, we discovered a image option that made all images shot look quite dreary and haunting. We selected this and did a practice shot with the new setting, as we all liked the look it created, one which fit into our themes, we went on to use this for the rest of filming. 


We started by capturing the end image on our storyboard, the reason for this is because we didn't want it to be too dark by the time we got to the shot and in addition to this we were afraid that if we did it later our actor would be cold but also it was the only stationary shot of our character throughout the sequence.


To gain more interesting shots that would create narrative enigma, we then moved onto to doing close-ups and also a birds-eye shot. In order to get the birds-eye shot Matthew climbed into a tree and put the camera on a smaller tripod that he had brought along with him. From this angle we were able to obtain a variety of shots that we could use in our opening sequence. 


After, we'd done these shots we filmed shots that didn't contain our character. By filming these shots we are able to impose our titles on the top of them at the very beginning of the sequence. Furthermore, we filmed a tilt from the woods up to the sky, this shot will make the audience feel that they are being transported into heaven. This is essential as the story line that we are aiming to portray to our target audience is that our character is dead and in search of closure.


When filming tilts, pans etc. we ensured that we did more either side so that when we cut them down in editing the transitions were smooth. We also applied this to when our character was skipping, again by doing this it ensures the images appears smooth and natural.


Now that we have finished filming our initial shots for our thriller we will be spending our next sessions on editing our shots together in time for our 1st draft edit. Once that has been completed will shall improve our thriller in accordance to the feedback we receive.