Filming Day 1

Hi blog! So today, Callie and I began filming our project. Sara is sick, so she took the day off to rest. After school, Callie drove to get a professional video camera and a few lights from BECON TV, a company in which allows us to "check them out" for filming. We have used cameras from them before, and these allow us to film with great quality!

To prepare for this, Callie and I worked on a shot list and materials list for this specific scene. Callie made a list of a bunch of different shots she wanted to film in order to ensure we had enough. I made a materials list of what would be needed to ensure success. These included:
-shovel
-dirt
-white dress
-camera and supplies
-missing poster x3

It was necessary to gather the supplies the day of, in order to allow us the greatest amount of filming time possible. I created a missing poster in class the day off. The poster is essential for the graphic matching that will be done between the pictures in the scenes. It also alludes to the boy who is being stalked. Since Callie drove to get the camera, I was in charge of getting the supplies. I bought a big white tee shirt from AC Moore and a bag of dirt from Home Depot. I had already owned a shovel, so I just grabbed it from my garage. When I got home, I spent around an hour getting ready. I had to do my makeup to look like a "killer", so I did heavy eye makeup to make it appear as if I had been crying and running around. It was all messed up to emphasize the plot. I also left my hair messy, in order for it to create a tone for the piece. My mom and I cut holes into the dress, and put dirt on it in order to create an appeal as if I had been dragging a body around in the woods. It was important for the costume to be this, because it creates the tone for the entire scene.

After I had gotten ready, we went to Regional Park to film. It is close to our house, so it is easy to film at. Since it was a Thursday night, we didn't want to take that long since we had a lot of homework. However, we only have the camera for the weekend, so we do not have much time and had to make it work. I skipped lacrosse practice in order to prepare, so we decided that it would be good to film it close to where we live. We asked my friend Sebastian to take Christian's spot for the night, because he was busy. When we first got there, Sebastian and Callie set up the camera and lights  while I made a plot with the dirt for the body. Then, we filmed each part multiple times to ensure that we had enough clips to create the first thirty seconds of the film. We took about an hour and a half, and I think we got some really good shots. We are going to review them in class tomorrow to see how we did!

This shows what the end product of my costume/look was!