Filming Evaluation

We began filming our media coursework on Wednesday 21st December around 9 am at Loose Valley. Our first shots that we decided to film were of Lucy walking down the pathway besides the river. We filmed these shots fairly quickly and worked well as a group. Eve took charge of the camera as it was hers and had previously tested out different camera shots, therefore knew the camera the best. I helped to direct both Lucy and Eve to try and get the best possible shots that we could get to make them look beautiful, Whilst Josh prepared his killers costume. As evidence for this we took some pictures through our filming process to record our progress. This picture shows Eve filming Lucy walking down the pathway.



We then filmed shots of Josh walking down the pathway following the victim, whilst holding a knife to show that he had intentions of killing her. We also decided to film some extra shots of the scenery as it was a really beautiful location and we thought they would be really beneficial to our film opening if we added them in. The next picture shows us filming some of these shots.



The next shots use decided to film were the blood trickling down the stream shots. These shots were extremely hard to film because of the lighting reflection from the water so it was really difficult to capture the blood flowing down the stream. In the end we decided it would be best for Josh to put a tripod in the water of the stream where it was shallow with little reflection. Theses pictures show us filming the blood trickling down the stream.

However during our filming process of filming at Loose Valley it started raining which was effecting our shots so use had to take a break until the rain stopped. We then came back later to film shots of Lucy crossing the road to ensure that the mise-en-scene would still work and look effective.

After this we changed location to film up some stairs in Loose and along a footpath. We filmed the rest of our shots in this location. We filmed shots of Lucy walking up the stairs with Josh watching her as she did. Unfortunately after this point our camera ran out of battery, however we decided to use my phone to record the rest of our shots as use wanted to aim to get all of our shots filmed on that day to ensure the weather and lighting was consistent throughout our film opening. I then took over with filming, and swapped places with Eve.





Afterwards, we decided to film shots of Lucy dropping the phone and showing that the music had broken. We also filmed close ups of Lucy's eyes peering around. The next shots were of Josh scrapping the knife along a metal fence with Lucy in front singing. Afterwards we decided to film the stabbing shots these were fairly successful although it was difficult to pierce the knifed through the hoodie so we didn't get a big stream of blood so use may have to re-film some of these shots if they don't look good enough when use edit the shots together. This picture shows Josh stabbing the pillow with the blood pack in, with hoodie over the top.



After this we then needed to go back to Loose Valley to film the shots of Lucy lying down dead by the stream and Josh walking away with a bloody knife. We also added an extra shot of blood dripping down Lucy's hand and into the stream.

Overall, I thought that I filming was really successful and we all worked really well as a group to get the shots done. We also filmed a lot of extra shots that weren't on our storyboard to make our film opening better.