Final Filming (12th March)

Today in our free period we went to a park near Fairfield school to film our last scenes. One of the shots was the same as one we took last Friday- of me as a victim being watched while I waited on a park, sitting on a swing. However we refilmed this with Andrew today due to me now being in the sequence we filmed on Monday. We had to film quickly and effectiently as it was raining and was very cold. The weather did create a good dull atmosphere and appropriate pathetic fallacy for a Thriller though. The shots filmed today were taken by me with help from Sophie in between her taking location shots. The first shots were of Andrew walking into the park from a far and approaching a swing then of him sitting and gently swinging on the swing- alone. This gave a sense of isolation, vulnerability and the park setting symbolised naiveity and innocence of the younger generation. I filmed Andrew on the swing from different angles like Josh did with me however we did forget to film the high angle shot we did with me that would have exposed the character as vulnerable. Josh filmed one take of this scene from in front of Andrew however I thought it looked more professional and effective when took from the side or on a diagonal angle.

Here are location shots and stills (with examples of shot types) from this scene-

I then shot footage of Andrew getting off the swing and leaving the park in two different ways. One take was from the killer's perspective hiding behind a tree and watching and the other was just a 'normal' film take where the camera is invisible. I placed the camera a little way from the path that Andrew would walk across after leaving the park and I follwed him with a pan as he headed towards a small alley that would take him out of the park. During this, Josh as the killer walks into the shot. We tried Josh walking in from the side a little way from the camera however this was clumsy and not natural- it seemed to deliberate. We then tried him walking from behind the camera and directly past it into the shot. This looked a lot better and created a sinister and tense shot. It also made the camera appear to be invisible, as if it was not there.

Here are some stills from this scene-

After this Sophie filmed Andrew walking down the path from the front but on a diagonal angle with Josh following. Finally from the bottom of the small alley I filmed Andrew walking down it with Josh as the killer following him. We filmed the shot several times due to interfences from the public. I also filmed the shot several times where each time I placed the camera further down the alley so as the characters walked down they were not too far from the camera and hard to see after a while. The shot finishes with Andrew walking round a corner at the end of the alley with the killer following him- leaving the outcome ambiguious.

Here is a location shot of the alley- (which is dull and dank, a place which is somewhere you believe someone could be abducted)

In editing this scene will be placed before the scene where the killer drops the camera to chase after the couple as that shot is more conclusive and will be our ending. In editing we will mix the footage of the past victims and the photo pan to create a montage like opening acting as a prologue to the killer's action/ methods. The group has worked well and despite the rain filmed some good footage- we also saved time so we could go to lesson and start editing.