Account of the shooting day

Before our shooting day we had to make sure we were prepared which meant organinsing our shooting scehdule, getting all our equipment, making sure we had a full cast, having plenty of scripts and making sure we had everything ready for the crucial day. We bought a straight jacket, mask and surgical tools from the interent which arrived just in the time and happened to be just what we wanted. We managed to equip Austin, someone who was talented and able to do our make up for us which involved cuts, scabs and blood.
On the day of our shoot we had to make sure we were equiped with all our probs and everything we need for the day. We collected the camera with the tape and microphone, a monitor which attacthed to the camera so it was easier to see what we were filming to check for continuity and faults in the film. A tripod was needed too for one section of our film but uneccessary for the othe other parts as was a hand held procuction. We bought lights along too too make sure the lighting was continous and if we had to film late when there was little light outside we would be able to provide "sunlight" which was neccassary by the end of the day. We managed to arrive we everything we needed which began the day on a good note.
When we arrvied at our location we spent a few hours discussing how to film the location and to figure out how to make the story as realistic as possible. This meant filming the house from the back as it looked too big to be a family house at the front. Changes began a few days before the shoot we were unable to film at the original location so had to change it to Beatrice Webb which we believed was actually a better choice in the long run. When we came into the house we had a few problems of shadows on the walls of us behind the camera with the monitor and seeing the lights in the room so we had to take lots of shots to get the perfect one.
Instead of going straight into the kitchen from showing a wide shot of the house we went into the dinning room where toby the son was playing the piano and where we see a "flash back" of blood on the wall above him. We had difficulty getting this to look effective and took an hour or so. We finally managed to come upwith a solution where we coveverd the wall in paper with blood prints on then covered that with another white sheet. This was so when we first came in to the room it would show just a plain white wal but then as the caemra focused on tody we would take down that white sheet which revealed the blood stains. We then panned across from tody to the wall then onto the door quite abruptly so what was on the wall could be seen but not clearly to add a sence of mystery and confusion.
We didnt change the kitchen scene but we did have trouble making it look realistic when we scanned over the surgical tools in the draws. The surgical tools had been dipped in fake blood and placed on a tray which was put into the draw when the camera was put down on the surface when James the dad looks for cuplery. However, we managed to come over a few problems here but was only discovered the day after in the editing suite. When we had placed the camera on the counter when James was meant to be searching for cuplery, someone in the house walked infront of the camera which was our choosen shot but we are able to edit her out with the proffessional editting system. We changed the ways we cut into each scene which included bringing the camera onto the our leg, closing the door onto the camera and walking right into the camera so it blacked out so we could cut into our choosen scene.
Our scene on the stairs didnt go aswell as planned when we watched it back. Harry was not lit well and looked very rehearsed however with the editing hopefully we will be able to make it look better. The the last 3 shots of which were the 2 patients and the childs room were most effectifve proabally due to our experience through out the day and we had planned it well. The shot of Harry on the chair sturggling to break free looked very effective and the light was perfect. We will dub over the sound and re-record him screaming to create a tense and haunting atmosphere. The bathroom scene wasnt as effective as we thought and took along time to set up due to the lack of sunlight. As there wasnt enough light we had to set up a light from outside which had to shine through the window which was time consuming but made it a huge difference and made it look like all one shot.
If i was able to change or do things differently in our shoot i would have first thoroughly planned the day and how it all worked as at the beginning of the day there was alot of confusion about the story line and how we were going to film it to make it look like a continous film. If we had sorted this out earlier we would have had more time to repeat the scenes to make them better and more realistic and would have had more to choose from instead of being so restricted now when reconstructing the story. I wouldnt have changed the actors or actresses as they acted well but would have made what they did and say more exciting and thrilling as looking back on the footage i feel its quite bland and boring. When we begin the editing however, we will edit it in way which will result in it being more thrilling and exciting. The editing will be a long but fundamental process in the making of this thriller which will create the tension and thrill or a real thriller.