Meeting #2

For this meeting we headed towards the forest and alley, our first two locations to practice shooting.

We did this because we wanted to make sure that we could sort out exactly what/where in the forest we are going to shoot at. Our group tested the camera, to see how clear our nightime shots would be, to make sure that it was possible to film there at night. At first we thought that the main areas in the forest were way too dark for the camera and that it would be impossible, so we thought of changing our location. But then Daniel discovered a light on the camera, which helped us a lot when filming our nightime scenes. In this meeting, our battery ran out super quick, so luckily it was just a quick practice with the camera. In our actual filming we will make sure that it is fully charged, and that the shots are clear.

During this meeting I played the character

Olive Watson for our the alley scene of our

opening sequence. We discovered that

Malden Manor forest had a interesting

looking pathway with a river beneath it, 

and a bridge. Daniel practiced shooting

me walk across the bridge and into the

opening of the forest. 

On this meeting we practiced many types

of shots, for example we got Daniel to

do a POV shot of him as the killer watching

me (Oliva Watson) the victim walk across

the bridge. While Daniel was filming this

shot, he made a sound of the branches

ratteling as he was inside a bush in the forest

(the killer's hiding place)this came out 

pretty effective and we may use it in

our actual proper filming.

While Daniel was shooting me sat on a bench,

we concluded that the natural yellow lighting

from the lampost matched really well with the

mood of our opening sequence, so we 

decided this would definitely have to be

a good place to film me (Oliva Watson).

While filming I took all these shots of branches,trees,pathways, all possible

places we could shoot at. We then 

later discussed which areas were most

affective and stuck to them. I think our 

chosen location  is good, as it is very

spacious and not many people are around

late at night, which made the filming a lot

easier. Whilst we were filming we also

made sure people didn't see our props

as they could have been seen as offensive.

Overall this meeting has helped us prepare

ideas for our actual shooting.