This past week we have begun filming our Thriller Opening, which would help us study our scenes and decided what works best and what we want to change in order to get the most effective overall opening.
On particular this day Chelsea, Olivia and I begun filming parts of the park scenes, which included different types of shots of me (aka. Lydia) sitting down, standing, falling etc. Filming has been successful so far in finding out what shots work best and what we should change or cut out. However making sure that the position that I am in stays the same in each take and making sure things like my hair are in the right place after each take are important. This is because we don't want any mistakes that might effect the mood of the opening or the professionalism. We have learnt to look out for these kind of mistakes from our preliminary task.
A few days later Gabrielle and I begun practising different and more complex shots in preparation for the day we have planned to film that particular scene. For example we practised a Pan shot that will be taken in 'Lydia's bedroom' at the beginning of our opening. We looked out for things like shakiness (we want it to be a smooth pan) whilst also making sure that we get all of Lydia in it (she is not cut out by accident). In addition, on the same day Chelsea and I did some filming in my garage for one of the flashbacks in our opening (kidnapped scene). We used face paint and makeup to create bruises on my face and neck, whilst also using props like a chair, tape and rope to create a creepy and scary atmosphere. We included extreme close ups of my face in order to get the fear in Lydia's eyes as well as a clear view of the injuries that she has sustained.
We are continuing to film regularly in order to get the most out of our time and get the best suited shots for each scene.
Here are some images of the different shots we had tried when beginning filming...
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