Film Opening Coursework. Second of the "Morning After" Filming Slots.

This was our second filming session of shooting the "Morning After" shots. This involved shooting Chloe Brock waking up in the middle of a field. Immediately we ran into some issues, on the day we originally planned to film, it decided to absolutely chuck it down with rain and we didn't think it would be fair on Chloe to make her sit in a field during school time and get soaking wet. So, we postponed it to the following week. Our second problem was that we didn't have enough of the 'fake blood' left over to use to we had to use red poster paints from the art department. It worked just as well, luckily. Our third and final problem was that because of the recent storms and flooding, the field was still soaking wet despite there being no rain for a few days so we decided to give Chloe a towel to sit on. It does not look odd on the camera and it could mean something later on in the film. For example, maybe the towel was a crucial element in the murdering of the person? Who knows.

Again, being in the location we were in, we had a chance to play around with a lot of shots as our space was not limited. It was also quite sunny that day so whenever Chloe looked into the sun, it made her look tired (because she was squinting) which is what we wanted as she is waking up! Again, Chloe was very co-operative and listened to everything we had to say.

Film Opening Coursework. Filming One of the "Morning After" Scenes.

For our second day of filming, Dan filmed our actor George Lamb in the first of our 'Morning After' scenes. To create the fake blood which we were putting on George's hands, Dan mixed cornflour with red food colouring and water so it would create the right texture, colour and look of blood. All George had to do was place his hands in the bowl and it created the perfect 'blood-stained hands' look.

                    

During filming, Dan put neon face-paint back onto George's face so that it would definitely look like the morning after and we made sure George was wearing the same colour t-shirt as he was wearing during the party. This was to make sure all of our shots were accurate when it came to editing. However, we did allow him to wear a jacket as it was absolutely freezing that day. 

For the filming, we put George on a bench as his 'wake up' spot. This is because it is completely different to the two other 'wake up' shots we have planned and it is different to the 'death spot'. Dan was able to play around with lots of different camera angles and overall the shots came out great! George was a good actor and co-operated well which is what we wanted, even though he is not a professional actor. 

Film Opening Coursework. New Music Track.

Much to my annoyance, the artist that I mentioned in the post below never got back to me so I'm assuming we're unable to use his track. However, one of my friends showed me that you can filter videos on YouTube to find the ones which are licensed to be re-used. After a lot of searching through these YouTube videos, we came across this track. 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w9Beh8u3DFs 

It's called Boombox Cartel - Hysteria ("WTF Is Festival Trap"Anthem)

We are going to be using this as our party soundtrack. However, I don't feel that this fits our end section perfectly well so I am going to find a more dark, eery track to put over the 'next morning' scene.