Filming day 2

29/10/15

We have split up our filming days into sections to ensure we don't miss out any important shots, so today my group and I filmed the dream part of the trailer. We originally planned to start filming at 10 am but Sam, our actor had family priorities in the morning so we started filming at 12:00 pm.

Interior/ exterior	Camera shots  and description	Characters
Interior	Firstly we filmed a shot of Maddie and Elliot arguing using a 2 shot. It was difficult to film at first as our actors had to be serious when arguing and raising voices so we all kept laughing however when we got it right it looked professional and realistic which is what we want so people can relate to the characters.	Maddie and Elliot
Interior DREAM	This next shot we filmed took a while as we needed our actors to be romantic. We filmed an extreme close up of Elliot whispering into Delaney’s ear. We used low key lighting with artificial light behind the actors to create a silhouette of the characters to make the audience wonder who the girl is.	Elliot and Delaney
Interior and exterior DREAM	We filmed a point of view shot of Elliot and Delaney being romantic in the kitchen from outside the window to suggest someone is watching them. We asked Sam who is the actor for Elliot, to look like he isn’t interested in Delaney anymore in the dream by talking on the phone when she hugs him. This is so the audience are confused and will want to watch the full film. I dressed Delaney in a tight dress to represent her as sexy which will make women aspire to be like her. This will trick the audience as they will then find out she is psychopath and create confusion and shock which is what a psychological horror is all about.	Elliot and Maddie
Interior	I thought it would be a good idea to film a long shot of Elliot shouting Maddie he is leaving for work. I did this by filming a shot of Maddie ‘dodging’ Elliot’s kiss when he leaves after she walks down the stairs. This is effective as we wanted to show the audience that Maddie is angry with Elliot. However, the tripod wouldn’t fit in the room, so I had to improvise and place the camera/iPad on a table to get the right shot.	Elliot and Maddie
Interior DREAM	I next filmed a high angle shot of Elliot looking vulnerable on the floor in danger. This shot will make the audience think he is about to be killed, however they will watch the film to find out what happens to him. I didn’t want to show the antagonists face to make the audience question who it was. It may have been Maddie taking revenge on him for cheating or it could be Delaney as Elliot wasn’t showing interest anymore in the previous shot. For this shot to look realistic, Kayleigh and I did the makeup for Elliot by creating a fake wound on the side of his face. We also smudged blood on his face and on the floor of where he was in danger to make it realistic as well as show horror conventions.	Maddie and Elliot
Interior	Finally, I really liked the shot Kayleigh filmed as part of the dream. This was a birds eye view shot of Maddie being questioned by someone in her home about Elliot’s disappearance. It was effective as it was a unique shot; it showed Maddie’s vulnerability and also her upset and stressed emotion in contrast to the person questioning her who is extremely aggressive and large. This shows binary opposition of power vs weakness which is a convention of psychological horrors.	Maddie

We want our trailer to be interesting for our audience so they don't get bored, therefore we have used a huge variety of shots throughout the trailer so far. We have also made them short and sharp to show fast paced action. Also, from looking at existing trailers, there is a lot of dialogue at the beginning which is what we have used, however there is also some throughout the trailer during action which you can hear over the non diegetic soundtrack. Therefore, we have filmed a lot of shots with dialogue as this is more interesting and it will ensure the trailer make sense to the audience but also creates enigma at the same time such as ''you know what happened last time'', to link with Roland Barthes enigma codes which is a convention of psychological horror trailers.