Poster Ideas

During our second day of filming, we were more experienced with the camera and working with costumes, make-up and working as actors/directors. Daisy brought in her NIKON SLR camera to help us capture images of the day, to assist the diary of a day shooting etc.

We decided that day 2 of shooting would be the perfect opportunity to take some pictures that we could use for the poster advertising our thriller films. The costumes we used on the day (black fishnets, black dress, high heels) and the effective make-up allowed us to give the audience a real insight to the film- a sneak peek- as the poster should do to abide by the codes and conventions of a thriller poster.

Here are the 4 ideas that after editing and experimenting with different effects, we thought looked the most effective:

re-shoot? maybe not!

Here's our latest vlog where we discuss our first day filming and take a look back on the experience. The main reason for this vlog is to conclude that we will not be re-shooting the first half of our thriller - featured below is a full explanation including examples of footage detailing our reasons for this decision. 

Footage: First day filming Vs Second day filming.

Here are a few examples of our first day shooting. As you can see from the three examples of footage, the tripod makes a number of unscheduled appearances as well as a bumpy ride along the pavement mid pan. A  'vlog' regarding our 'first day filming' features above this post, please take a moment to watch it and then continue reading otherwise the following information will be unclear to you.
After this vlog was posted we began editing and realized that on our second day filming we actually managed to collect a substantial amount of high quality footage. We proceeded from this by deciding not to re-shoot the first half of our thriller. Our reasons for this are;
- As a group we feel that our second half was much stronger in terms of lighting, location, variation of cinematography and mise en scene.
- It was evident that a strong claustrophobic atmosphere had been established and was maintained throughout the second half of our thriller, something that the first half lacked.
- The first half of our thriller seemed disjointed when we placed it alongside the second half, they seemed too diverse and was not complimenting each other the way that they should have been.
- The first half of our thriller seemed very similar to that of many previous a-level media students. There was your typical long shots of walking, surroundings of trees, a scary man taking a vulnerable girl in a suburban street etc whereas the second half of our thriller bought something different, something that veered down a different route towards a more disturbing and uncomfortable content rather than a scary, jumpy or gruesome content.
- As soon as it starts we want the audience to start asking those mental questions 'Who is she?' 'What happened to her?' 'Why is she here?' 'What will happen to her?' 'Who's responsible for this?' not be going 'Oh she's in a field alone ... Now there's a man ... Oh he's going to take her ... Oh he's taken her'. The first half of our thriller would have been as predictable as this, whereas our second half  poses so many questions for the audience, making it more successful in engaging and 'hooking' our audience, which is predominantly our main objective.

Marketing our progress

Below are two print screens of us using our Twitter and Facebook pages to promote the progress of our thriller, As you can see we have uploaded our photographs and links of our videos that can be found on our Youtube channel to our Facebook page for people to look at. Also because we have linked our Twitter and Facebook pages together, everything posted onto our Facebook is also posted automatically to our Twitter page, as you can see, so our followers on twitter and the people that like us on Facebook can now easily view our photo's and video's. 

Health and Safety Risk Assessment

Risk Assessment Form

Assessing: Location for shooting – Backstage, wings and passageway of school hall

Date of risk assessment: 17/04/12                             Conducted by: Twisted Nature                     

1	Trips, slips and falls
2	Nails and chipped woodwork (splinters)
3	Lifting and carrying equipment
4	Considering actors safety when filming

Diary of a day shooting - Day 2.

Here are some pictures from our second day of shooting our thriller, These again are pictures of location, props, costume and pictures of us filming the thriller. Unlike the first half, our second half has come out professional and we feel we do not have to re-shoot the second half and the editing we are carrying
 out is coming along nicely.

Diary of a day shooting - Day 1.

Here are some pictures from our first day of shooting for our thriller. There are pictures of location, props and pictures of us filming the thriller.

BUT, here is a video explaining why we feel we need to re-shoot the whole of this first half...

Shooting Schedule.

Below is a video of our shooting schedule to shoot our thriller. The video of the schedule clearly states the dates when we shot our thriller, the meeting times and finishing times, the scenes which were shot on each day, props and costumes that were used on each shoot and the responsibilities for each of us on the shooting days.

Trying out Make-up

To create the 'drugged' effect, we decided to try and have a go with different types of make-up and face paint to create the illusion.

As Daisy and Ruby were the victims, Jade and Sadie experimented with the colours purple, blue, yellow, white and red to create a bruised, cut face.

The different colours worked really well and as well as on the face, we applied the same mixture of colours onto different parts of our bodies (chest and arms) to again, create a false bruise.

The white face paint made the skin look dull and represented the ill, pale and lifeless look that we were aiming to construct.

Here are some pictures of the process.