Prelim Task Video

Filming

On the 22nd of December we finally got round to re-filming parts of our prelim task and filming our main video. We found it a lot easier this time as we were more organised and had less distractions.
We went round Megan's in the afternoon as it got dark and started to film re-film parts of our prelim. This was considerably easier than filming our main task as we had previously filmed it but decided we didn't like it, therefore we knew what we were doing.
Filming the main task was a lot harder and took quite a long time. Some problems we came across were:

• Shadows of the person holding the camera whilst outside
• Lack of costumes - we couldn't find a mask or a black cape
• The lighting outside was limited and although it added to the scariness it also made what was on screen hard to see
• Lack of props - we couldn't hang the crib we had from a tree as it was too heavy

We tried to deal with these problems as well as we could. The person who was filming (mainly Hannah) moved around and found a position where her shadow couldn't be seen onscreen even if it meant using a different shot to the one we had drawn up on our storyboard. Costume-wise we found a black coat and I wore that over my head instead of a shawl, I also turned my back to the camera so that my face wasn't visible as we wanted the killer's identity to be kept secret during the opening sequence. 

The lighting we couldn't really do much about, we had Megan's garden lights and kept those on throughout shooting. We also tried to use torches for extra light however they didn't make a huge amount of difference. Because we couldn't hand the crib from the tree, in the end we just tied the baby around a rope swing. I think it looked slightly unrealistic however in the limited amount of time we had this was our best idea.

Once we finished filming I took the camera home and I am now editing the shots into our final pieces of iMovie.