Filming

We started our filming on 13th of february. On this day we planned to film most of the clips that we would use in our trailer. During the day we used flip cameras and tripods when possible. It was important that we used tripods because without them the clips would not have been as good. We chose to use the HD flip cameras because they are simple to use and easy to upload. We began by telling Megan what costume to wear. It was important that we made sure the outfits suited the clips and the time of day that it was supposed to be. For the clips of her walking down the hallway we got her to wear casual clothing. This was because we wanted this clip to be during the day. I think this outfit works well in the clips of her in the hallway. We got some shoes and created muddy footprints on the floor so that it would look like there had been a man in the house. We filmed clips from different angles of her walking down the hallway. Also, we got some shots of the floor with the muddy footprints on. The main problem we had when filming the floor was that the clips looked a little shaky however we kept them because they are only going to be short clips in the trailer. Also during this day we filmed the chess pieces moving. For this we had some trouble with lighting. We wanted the clips of the chess pieces to be dark however we couldn't have them too dark because the chess would not be seen. Therefore we decided to use a lamp in a dark room. We got several clips of someone moving chess pieces around the board. We tried to get different angles and also got different speeds of the chess moving. This is because we want these clips to break up our trailer and we want the slow moving chess clips at the beginning and the fast moving ones at the end. These clips looked quite successful when we looked over them. Whilst filming some shots in the bedroom we had to be careful that the room looked quite dark but not too dark that we couldn't see Megan. The clips of megan in bed were meant to be of her having a nightmare. We are going to use this as a short clip that will add tension. Also in the bedroom we filmed a shot of Megan waking up, seeing the chess piece and walking over to pick it up. This is a shot that we are going to use near the beginning of the trailer. This is a fairly successful shot however we could have filmed a close up of her face looking at the chess piece. Another part of the trailer that we filmed on this day was one of Megan in the bathroom brushing her hair. In this clip Megan is brushing her hair and the bathroom light turns off and then on again. We wanted this clip because it adds to the mystery of the trailer. We used a tripod when filming this shot so it should come out fairly well. Another scene in the bathroom is one of Megan in the bath. We wanted this scene to look like She was trying to drown herself. Therefore we had shots of her turning the tap on, in the water and sitting up out of the water. We are going to put shots in-between these to build the tension even more. Overall, this was a fairly successful filming day. We got a lot of the trailer parts filmed. However we didn't film the clips of Megan walking which we were originally going to film on this day. We may film these later on. Some of the shots look really good quality however some of them could have been better. We will need to film more clips of Megan because we don't currently have enough for a full trailer.