Weekly Update

Monday 27th September

Today we started filming our horror teaser trailer. Our first shot was the janitor's closet shot; whereby the main actor (Stacey) sees her dead self in the sink and slams the door hard. In terms of the shot of the Stacey slamming the door hard, we want the shot to be abrupt, so as to portray Stacey's feelings to audiences i.e. feeling frightened.  The sink shot, took a very long time to film as we had to do many takes for the reason that we wanted to use a variety of camera angles to film Stacey in the sink. We also had to create a body angle that appears distorted and uncomfortable for Stacey as she playing a dead person.
Make-up also took a long time to do, as the blood needed to look realistic in order to make audience believe it is real. In addition, we had to think carefully about the camera movement so as to help build tension. This shot was filmed first as it is the most time consuming and in terms of location the most complex, for the reason that it is very difficult to light as light is only entering from one direction that is through the open door. In addition, we had to ensure the lighting is balanced and the emphasis is placed on the main actor rather than the setting.