On this day we set out to film scenes 8, 13, 14 and 15. We successfully managed to complete most of the filming we intended to do throughout the day, recording some in school and some at other locations. As we needed to film in a classroom full of young school children, we previously organised this with the teacher who happily allowed us to use her classroom. To avoid having to get permission from each child, we didn't allow any of their faces to be seen when filming.
We then travelled to Gabby's house to continue filming. When filming scenes 13 and 15 of Rosie crying on the bed and shouting "leave me alone", we were extremely pleased. I personally thought Rosie performed excellently whist we managed to get the right shots that our film trailer requires.
As a group we were all particularly proud of our shooting for scene 8 - the alleyway. We recorded a number of shots from different angles and directions which will allow for an interesting scene within the trailer. We also recorded a spontaneous handheld moving shot of Rosie running down the alleyway which turned out to be extremely effective.
Unfortunately one scene that we had arranged to shoot that day did not go to plan. We found scene 14 - dog barking - difficult to shoot due to the lighting and location. We had originally arranged to shoot in the kitchen where we could show Evylyn Crick through a glass window, however we felt the bright orange walls in the kitchen combined with the daylight did not fit well enough into the thriller/horror genre. We will try again to record this scene at a later date and a late time when it is darker to see if we can make it better as we are not prepared to settle for something less than the best we could achieve. We intend to use the most perfect conditions possible to create the right atmosphere for our production.
