Filming Evaluation

Our thriller was filmed over a period of three days and various locations. The first day of filming was done on a Sunday around my house, were we filmed a majority of the stalker shots. The shots in the opening scene of the thriller were filmed in my Mum’s bedroom, where I had created a collage of pictures of my friend whom was playing the part of the victim. We didn’t have lighting equipment and instead used a lamp to light the area we were filming, which made the shot more effective and better than if we had used professional lighting equipment. We each took turns to film the shots of the stalker adding to the pictures he had already collected and stuck on the stalker board of the victim, doing this enabled us to be able to choose from a variety of different shots in Final Cut Pro.

Day two of filming was done around Rebecca’s house; Rebecca played the part of the victim in our thriller. Priscilla and I did the filming. Priscilla filmed the shots of Rebecca quickly opening the door to where the character in the film lives, and I filmed the close ups and extreme close ups of the character getting to the house phone and dialling out the police. An extra camera would have been beneficial for us if we had been allowed extra equipment, as it would have helped with the continuity shots, but instead we had to keep redoing shots from different angles to maintain the continuity.

Day three of filming was done in two different locations. The first location being the cafe by Selhurst train station. We were missing a team member on that day but managed ok still. Toni Leigh had to do all the filming by the cafe, as I had to direct and signal to the actor in the thriller when to run, for a special shot in the thriller we were doing, where the victim in the thriller is in the cafe and looks up to see her stalker but then a bus passes and he disappears. The actor and Actress who agreed to play the characters in our thriller worked professionally and took any directions giving to them well. The next few shots were filmed by Norwood Junction train station. The shots were done in a way that would portray the camera as the eyes of the stalker watching Rebecca’s every move, which later in the scene audiences would realise that not only was he stalking her he had taken pictures to add to his stalker board of the victim.

I feel that the filming for our thriller went well, as there were no major problems that caused us to have to re film and we had a lot of footage which we were able to upload. However we didn’t use the camera to its full potential by doing using different filters on the camera or any fancy techniques. If I had a chance to re film I would just do a few more continuity shots to make transitions in the thriller smoother, but overall I’m happy with the amount and quality of the footage we filmed.