Shooting Script.

Shooting Script



Once we had edited some of our footage we realised that our footage didn't reach a high point in tension, so we needed to film some more scenes that would either create a jump or that will fill a scary montage. Our next shooting day is the 28th of Januaryso we made a script so our day could be as efficent as possible...

Ideas for scenes we need  to film-

• Film the predator crawling down the stairs backwards, then when editing reverse it so they are crawling towards the camera in jaggedy way looking haunted.
• Film someone speaking to the camera, with a predator in the background slowly rising up behind them.
• Film a pan of a room, look at one wall, Stop filming write something on the wall, then film again so it looks like it's just appeared.
• Shot of someone filming themselves talking to the camera about how scared they are, then hand over mouth as they hear the predator come nearer them.
• Shot of someone holding the camera themsleves talking into it, they don't how where the others are etc. Person pauses, looks to the side as though they have heard something, camera drops hears screaming, camera goes blank.

Whilst there we are going to take pictures for our poster, this saves us time and allows us if necessary to go back.

Storyboards

Actor and make up

Tom Emmans was our actor playing the 'infected' worker. 
After changing into the overalls and labcoat, Millie applied the make up. The final results are seen below:

Screen shots of the actor in some of the scenes:

Shooting List

Date: 29th October 2012
Time: 3:00-5:00pm

Things to take
- Make up
- Masks (protection from any harmful substances in the air
- Torches

Scenes to Film                                                                                         Angles (all hand held)
- Introducing the ourselves outside the factory                                    - Medium shot
- Exploring around inside the factory during the day                          - Medium/Long shots
- Exploring Basement and 'sighting' the zombie for the first time     - Medium shot
- 'Confused' and scared Cameraman                                                   - Medium shot
- Group of us running down corridors                                                   - Medium/Long shot
- Millie screaming for help at metal fence                                            - Medium shot
- Cameraman alone in basement and faces Zombie                         - Long to extreme close up

Summary: We went home with a large quantity of footage and film all the scenes on the shooting list. After watching the footage back on the Macs, we noticed that the quality of most of the shots were not good enough. This was due to either poor lighting or poor sound quality. 
As the factory was very dark, we could not properly see the footage on the camera whilst we were filming or watch it back. This meant we could not see what we had filmed at the time.
Shots that were filmed outside are of good quality and can be used. 
When we go back, we will need to complete filming and film again any scenes that need re-shooting. We will also make sure we look through the footage in detail before we leave so we know what we need to re-film there and then.

FIRST DAY FILMING

On Monday the 29th of October we went to the klinger Factory to start our filming. Once inside the factory we started to set up. Christina, Chloe and Jack scouted exactly what rooms we wanted to use and tested the lighting to make sure everything would go smoothly. They also filmed a few scenes of the characters interacting with eachother to show the relationships between the characters.





Whilst the other three were pinpointing locations and testing lighting I started on the make-up. I began by spreading black eyeliner across the face to make it look dirty and then I created the wounds and finished off by adding fake blood. Everything went smoothly except the wax on one wound fell off so i had to re-stick it down more firmly. We then dressed the actor in the lab coat and smeared some extra blood over it.










We then experimented with extra lighting as we came across a red flair which lit the whole room red. This lighting worked really well as it made the scene look more scary as we associate red with blood and danger. After this scene we taped a torch to the camera and filmed the scenes in the basement where it was pitch
black. We used extra torches where needed to add extra light.











Jack was incharge of most of the filming, however we did take in in turns to film scenes that we felt needed adjustments and all shared our ideas. After the basement scenes we filmed the scenes in the broad day light. These were mainly scenes showing the characters reactions to the strange happenings.

Overall the day went well, however one of our biggest mistakes was that we did not get enough footage. Some of the footage was not usable so we will have to go back and refilm some scenes.