Eventually we began filming at around 9:00 a.m and began at Loose Valley. This was where most of our shots were going to be filmed. We began with Lucy walking down the center of the valley and then we filmed some match-on-action of a side profile and then a long-shot of the back of Lucy. Overall, this shot went well as it was a simple shot, however, we had to keep of pausing our filming due to members of the public walking through our 'scene'.
Our next shots were of Josh. For these shots we copied the shots that we did with Lucy. Again this was very quick and easy to film however, the only drawback were with the public walking through our 'scene' and due to Josh holding a real knife as a prop, we had to be careful when filming with it in plain sight.
Our next shot was to film the 'cold breath' shot however, due to the weather conditions, this was hard to film and the 'cold breath' did not show up at all. As a resolution we decided to film some nature shots of the scene so that the audience can see the scene in more detail. We also had a shot of a 'danger' sign to foreshadow the plot. Overall these shots were a success and replaced the 'cold breath' shots very well.
Our final shot at this area was putting the fake blood in the stream and letting it trickle down through the water. When we filmed this at first, there was too much reflection on the surface of the water so the fake blood (food colouring) did not show up on camera, however, in 'real life' it looked very realistic. As a result, we decided to try this shot in different parts of the stream, however, this did not work as well as the first attempt that we tried. Eventually we filmed at the first location in the stream again however this time we moved the camera to a different position so that there was less reflection. Overall, this shot went very well and was shot how we all pictured it.
Our next location was on some steps about 5 minutes away from the stream. These steps were covered by foliage and then at the top of the steps was a pathway also covered in foliage. This scene looked very isolated and was perfect for our next shots.
First of all we filmed Lucy waling up the steps. We filmed at the bottom of the steps as she walked up. When she got about half way up the steps, Josh would appear, entering the shot from the right and this would then turn into an over-the-shoulder shot. Overall this shot was easy to do however, Josh would not be in the correct position so we would have to keep redoing the shot.
Our next shot was a match-on-action shot of Lucy walking up the steps. We had the camera at the top of the steps and we filmed Lucy walking up the steps towards the camera. At the step were Josh appears in the previous shot, he appears at the same time in this shot and then we had the idea of having him disappear as Lucy's body covered the whole of the bottom area of the steps so Josh walked out of frame when this happened. Overall, this shot looked very effective and sinister as the audience wonder where the killer has gone to.
We then filmed a close-up, side profile shot of Josh walking up the steps whilst scraping the knife along some metal fencing. This was a very effective shot as the sounds that were created from the sound of the knife scraping the metal.
The next few shot were of Lucy dropping her phone. This was hard to film as there was a lot of match-on-action. First of all we filmed Lucy walking away from the camera, where she would then drop her phone and the earphones would fall out. She would then have to stay in that position where we then filmed from the front of her picking up her phone. This took a couple of takes to get the shots right but eventually we got the shots that we wanted.
The next shot was an extreme close-up shot of Lucy's ear and her putting in the headphones, (when we edit the shots we will put in the distorted sound). We then had some match-on-action of her taking our the headphones and putting them and the phone away. She then walked away from the camera, where the phone will ring (when we edit the shots) and the sound will be distorted. We then did another match-on action of Lucy walking towards the camera and looking at the phone trying to answer it. Again these shots took a while to get right but we managed to do it in the end.
Our final shots were of Lucy moving her hand over the foliage and Josh pulling her towards him and then him going to stab her. For these shots we had a close-up of Lucy's hand on the foliage and then a medium shot of Josh pulling her towards him. We then had another shot of him pulling the knife towards her but stopping just as he is about to reach her body. These shots were hard to film due to the match on action and the caution of Josh using the knife. Due to the shots needing to look realistic, we had to film them a couple of times to get them right.
The final shot was to film josh stabbing through the duplicate jumper with the blood packs inside it. This was hard to film as we had to hold the hoodie with the pillow inside to make it look as human-like as possible. When Josh stabbed the pillow, the knife did not go through straight away so we had to do the shot a couple of times. Eventually we got the shot that we wanted.
The last two shots that we filmed were of Lucy walking across the road where the stream was. This was easy to film as it was a long shot of Lucy crossing the road, away from the camera. The other shot that we did was of Lucy lying on the ground at the stream, covered in dirt and blood. We did this shot last because she was covered in blood and dirt and she could be dirty and bloody when she was still 'alive'. Overall these shots went well as they were very simple and easy to film.
Overall, I believe that our filming day went well and went to plan. Our group worked well together and solved any problems that we had very quickly. The shots were done professionally and we were efficient as a group as we got the whole thing done in one day. To improve we could have chosen a day/time when the stream was less busy as there were a lot of school children walking past and due to Josh holding a knife, this could have caused some concern, however we were careful with the knife and put it away when people were walking past. Another thing that set us back was the weather as it started to rain when we were filming at the stream so we had to stop filming for 45 minutes. However, luckily, when we returned the lighting conditions did not change and the bad weather had stopped.
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