Filming Diary

I began by getting my actors to get into their chosen costumes that I had selected for their roles and applying make - up to Greg as this was part of his costume.

I then began to film outside instead of following my plan to film inside first as I was worried that it would get too dark and effect the lighting within the film and how clearly we would be able to see our actors. All of my outdoor filming went well. However, there were some birds in the background whilst I was filming that I was unable to get rid of so when I place all of my footage together to create my film, I will have to make sure that I either re - record the sound of Scott's foot steps, or reduce the level of sound that we hear within that section of the clip.

I found it difficult achieving one shot that I was hoping would be affective. I wanted Scott to be looking up at the window and then Greg suddenly appear and then disappear. However, this did not work due to the fact that humans naturally cant stand completely still so when I place my clips together it will not flow as his body will have moved and will appear as a jump and will not look like how I wanted it so I have re - filmed this section in a different way which still looks very effective as the other shot would have.

I then filmed inside the house. The lighting was slightly yellow / orange, but it did not make it appear unrealistic. I was happy with the way that a section where Greg suddenly appears and then disappears, went because I think it will look really affective once it has all been placed together and it flows.

I had to stop filming and put make - up (fake blood) on Scott's arm before I finished filming the ending of my film. The blood is runny and so if I had placed it on at the beginning of filming, it would have stained his clothes and also smudged the blood, making it appear unrealistic, which is not the effect I was going for.