Our filming schedule

We scheduled to film our opening throughout the whole day on Tuesday 29th October over half term, this meant we had to arrange with the rest of the group and our extra person, who was to play the remaining character when we were all free to film.

Restrictions or problems that we thought about before hand was:

• The weather- We had to make sure that it was not raining hard or too windy as it would affect the amount of filming we were able to get done and the quality of the shots, also we had to make sure that, if the weather was sunny, that we were able to keep the right amount of brightness when filming and not cast too many shadows within the shots
• The setting- As we were filming in an alleyway and on small occasions, a quiet cul-de-sac we had to make sure that the setting was quiet and that if any members of the public needed to walk by we stopped filming and made sure that random members of the public were not filmed whilst we were filming.
• The content- As we were filming a opening of  a horror film we had to make sure that the public did not feel that they were under any risk as the murderer was wearing an all black costumes and hoodie, which could look threatening to the public eye. We also had to use props such as a fake/toy knife and fake blood to create the murder scene so again we had to make sure the public did not feel at ease if they were to walk past and see the props.

We also decided to practice a particular shot/camera angle whilst we were in a media lesson so we were able to plan it out correctly for when we came around to actually filming each shot. 

We secured the camera onto a skateboard to then be able to move the camera below to film Becca's feet walking along without showing any other part of her body. This was useful as we were able to see whether this method would work so we were able to include this particular camera angle within our film opening.