Third Day Filming

This was our last and final day filing. In this time we had to film all the alley way scenes and also Liza walking to the front door. Our original plan was to film in the station as Liza got off the train however we ran out of time to shoot this scene so began on the alley way scene instead. Alex and Harry could not attend the filming session due to other plans therefore Carmen and I had to film it all with our stalker, Jack and Liza.

We started off by filming Liza walking out of the station and round the corner down the alley way. However this too a few attempts due to random people getting in the way, but eventually we got the shot we needed. We stood a distance away from the station just behind a shop to give that feel of a hidden stalker. We set up the tripod however we ended up resting the camera on the shop shelf as it was higher up and looked more effective. The camera movements we used was a panning shot to show Liza walking down the alley way. I filmed this scene whilst Carmen was the director.

The next shot we filmed was Liza walking down the alley way (face on to the camera) and walking past the camera. We then decided to pan back to the beginning of the alley way to see Jack (stalker) stood head down with a black hoody on. Again this took a few attempts as people kept walking down the alley way, and also our tripod was very stiff so made the shot look shaky.

Next Carmen filmed a shot from Liza's point of view. She walked all the way down the alley way with the camera attached to the tripod, however looking back on the footage we realised the tripod made a rattling effect, so we took the tripod off and Carmen held the camera whilst walking. As we shot the scene a second time a train was just pulling into the station which made a squeaky noise, I think this worked well with our shot as it added a sense of eeriness. Next we filmed the stalkers point of view. I stood behind Liza and followed he with the handheld camera to the end of the alley way. As Liza reached nearer the end of the alley way I had to walk faster and faster so we could get right behind her.

After this we then placed the camera on the floor and directed Liza and Jack to walk past, this was a last minuet shot that we added in with the inspiration from a team member Harry. Watching the shot back I believe this worked very well. We then directed Jack (stalker) to hold the camera and film his hand touching Liza on the shoulder. However Jack did not fully know how to work the camera therefore we had to re do the shot a few times, but after explain to him he fully understood and the shot worked well. Carmen then filmed Liza turning around to see nobody standing behind her, this went smoothly.

I then thought of the idea of Liza walking down the stairs into the subway as there was a bright light shining above the stairs so made the shot bright and more effective. We shot this and it worked very well. I then filmed Liza walking out of the subway at the other end, I climbed up a small hill and took a high angle shot of Liza walking past, this worked very well also and Carmen directed.

The final shot we had to shoot was Liza walking into her house (we used Carmen's house for this). However by this time it was dark and the camera couldn't pick anything up even with night vision on. So we decided to turn on Carmen's bathroom light on which made it brighter however this was not bright enough so we turned Carmen's mums car headlights on to view Liza walking through the front door, this was a very good solution and worked very well.

Overall our third day filming went to plan and was very good. Our actor and actress were also very useful and are great at acting-thanks Jack and Liza!The camera work took us roughly 45 Min's which was good considering the amount of filming that needed to be done.

Second Day Filming

Our second day filming involved just Me and Carmen again. In class we looked at our previous camera shots and decided some were too shaky and were not effective, therefore me and Carmen decided to go back to Carmen's house to re-shoot some of the shots as well as come up with a few extra shots. One of the group members (Alex) suggested that we place the camera inside of the fridge to add a variety of shots, me and Carmen tried this a few times and decided it worked very well. Liza opens the door of the fridge with the camera resting on top of one of the shelves, this way we can see her facial expressions very clearly as they are face on. We also re-filmed when Liza walks into the living room as we wanted the remote controll to the TV on the foot rest but as we was tight for room we placed the remote underneath the TV on a wooden table, this worked very well in my opinion.

We also decided on re-shooting the ending as we felt the first idea did not work very effectively. Our idea is that Liza is texting a friend and the camera is peering over her shoulder watching her write the text. We then see the lights dim as someone turns off the lights and asked Carmen's sister to drag her feet along the floor and scratch on the door to give a scarier feel to our opening. For this shot I was the director whilst Carmen was filming over Liza's shoulder.

I believe the second day filming went to plan and was very good.

First day filming

Yesterday was our first day filming, we went to Carmen's house to film. Harry and Alex were busy at this particular time therefore me and Carmen had to do the filming of our actress Liza. During this time we filmed most of the house scenes.

This included the shot of Liza walking through the front door. Carmen and I took turns in filming this shot. We both sat on the stairs, one of us holding the tripod steadily on the stairs whilst the other overlooked the filming from behind, just to make sure that the shot we were filming worked effectively. We tried the front door shot many times, we changed height as well, to a low angle, high Angle and a mid shot to see which one worked the best. In the end we decided that the shot that worked the best was the mid shot from front view. We also had to consider the lighting as it was starting to get dark at this time, so we directed Liza to switch the light on as she opened the door to her house. We then filmed Liza walking into the living room in which she puts her jacket and bag down casually on the sofa. Again for this shot me and Carmen both took turns in filming and director. We filmed this shot many times, firstly we tried to shoot it from the right hand corner of the room, which I believe worked well as it got a full view of Liza walking thought the door of the living room and coming in to put her belongings down. We then experimented with different shots, I sat on the top of Carmen's sofa with the camera and tripod to get a closer shot of Liza, however looking at these shots later on, they looked unprofessional as they were slightly wonky and wobbly as the environment we were in was uncomfortable. Carmen and I then moved into the kitchen where we filmed Liza walking through the kitchen door and walk over to the worktop. Carmen filmed this shot as I directed.

 then walking into the kitchen where she places her keys on the worktop. We then experimented with different shots of Liza looking into the fridge, we firstly tried a mid shot from the side of her looking into the fridge, we then decided to try a different shot, we placed the camera inside the fridge to film a front close up view on Liza's face. This shot looked very effective as it was different than using a simple shot. We then filmed Liza hearing the white noise in the background, she walks into the living room and turns the TV off as it mysteriously turned on. We then finished filming for the day. Overall the filming of this house scene took us roughly two hours to film. This is because we experimented with different shots and re did many shots to capture the best image, in which we could pick our favorite.