Shooting Schedule and Commentary

Before we started filming we looked at our storyboard and wrote a list with all the different locations we wanted to film. This was the most important part of our planning because we decided what we were gonna film on each day depending on the location, weather and our timetables. At the end we came up with a plan consisting of four days of filming, each day filming scenes which had common props and similar locations. This helped us so much as we used our time effectively and we used the filming schedule as our guidance.

Day 1 - Selin's house and car + Wood Green Car par

The first scene involved Ash and Troy talking in Troy's car. The scene was important as it tells the narrative- it tells the viewer that Ash and Troy are going to the forest in order to get away from Kenny.

STRENGTHS- Although the car was steady, the camera angle makes it seems as if Troy is actually driving. This makes the scene more realistic

WEAKNESSES- Daylight was very bright. It was very hard to find the correct position for the camera as filming from the outside was impossible as window reflection made it unable to see the characters in the car. We overcame the problem by opening the side window and filming from the outside.

The second scene was taken in Wood Green car park. It was the scene of Kenny watching ash and taking pictures of her. This idea of voyeurism and observing people was inspired by the Saw Movies ( see post about influence). The shot was important as it shows Kenny's mad obsession and split personality.We were scouting for a location the the car park, looking for the perfect place. We found a stairs spot which was good as it was both int he corner of the car park where light was appropriate. The high angle was good as it allowed me to film both Alex and Selin, and at the same time creating the illusion of a point of view shot. First of all i filmed Kenny hiding behind a red car taking pictures of Ash. We used a canon professional camera which allowed us to use the multiple shooting mode which enabled multiple flashes. I then filmed Ash as if it was a point of view shot taken by Kenny.

STRENGTHS- We took a lot of pictures of Selin/Ash which we used for Kenny's diary.

The location gave us the perfect shots and lighting. High angle was good as it links to voyeurs watching you from above.

WEAKNESSES- Automatic light in the car park was a problem as we had to be as steady as possible so that lights did not go off. People driving and walking past were a problem as we did not want them in the shot.

Third scene- High angle shot filmed from top of the car parked. We filmed a black car and then zoomed in to make it seem like it was Troy and Ash driving away to forest.

WEAKNESSES- Bad quality camera which could not capture a clear movement. The shot was blurred and unclear. We had to edit it later on.

Day 2 - Filming in Photography Studio

We decided to go to the photography studio because the room was very big and dark. We wanted to build up the tent and film the shot as if we were int he forest because it was raining and we were not able to used the tent in the rain because it was muddy and wet.

WEAKNESSES- We had a big problem as we spent about an hour trying to built up the tent. We were unsuccessful so we had to either ignore the tent scene or come up with an alternative to it.

STRENGTHS- Instead of using a tent we used a wooden frame covered in lycra sheet. The frame gave us brilliant reflection. We positioned Two large projectors behind the tent to get better shadows. This alternative worked so well for us because the final shots look so interesting and scary.As well as filming we took some pictures of Alex wearing make up and having a bleeding eye ( see Kenny's eye condition described in Character Profiles).

Day 3 - Vessy's house + Trent park

We filmed all the accommodation scenes( diary scene, punch scene, reaction shot) at my house because it was easy and my room was appropriate for the shots.

Book- I used pictures of Selin to create a diary which was iconic as it showed Kenny's obsession and madness. I used red and black pen to draw and write in the book. I made every page very different and typical for love diaries. You can see some of the pages below.

After filming at my house we went to Trent park. We went there just before dawn so that the lighting was not too bright or dark. We carried two light projectors so that we could film in the forest.

STRENGTHS- All shots at my house worked very well. Lighting was good. We took a high angle shot to show Kenny's vulnerability and weakness after being punched. We took a long shot of the dark forest.

WEAKNESSES- When we went to Trent park we realized that filming in the dark was impossible. Although we were prepared to use strong light projectors they were not strong enough so we decided to go to the forest on another day and filming before sunset.

Day 4 - University scene , Long Establishing Shot 

+ Coldfall Forest

School scene showed a juxtaposition between Ash's and Troy's popularity and the isolated lonely life of Kenny. The shot is good as it tells the story of the main characters.

Filming in the forest took a long time because we had a lot to film. Overall, everything worked well as we planned it.

STRENGTHS- We bought 2 glass bottles to make sure that we could smash it properly. We found the perfect high tree for hanging scene. The forest was good as there were not many people walking through. Everything went well.

WEAKNESSES- Although filming in night time was impossible, filming in bright day light was still not good enough as we wanted our shots to be darker to create scary, spooky atmosphere. Shots of phone texts were not good as the camera could not capture it in good quality. Due to heavy rain on the day before we were filming, the forest was very muggy which made filming harder as it was difficult to stabilize the tripod. It was also hard to walk and run on the ground. We also wanted to put the running scenes together using a three park split screen to show all the characters running at the same time. This would have been so good as it made the viewer think about who is after who. However we found that this feature was not on Imovie so we could not use it. We filed the running scenes separately.