Fourth day of shooting

Yesterday we filmed the final finishing touches of your film! Once we finished editing our third shoot we realised our introduction did not have an ending or form of closure, so we asked Elliot and Amy if they could come to my house once more to film. Once we got them into their costumes again, we opened up the attic and got Elliot to go up the ladder so we could film him walking down. If we did not do this then it would not be clear to the audience that he left the attic to come and find her. We thought for a while of an interesting way we could film Elliot as he lowers himself from the attic, and I came up with the idea of placing the camera on the floor looking up towards the attic so Elliot walked into the camera. This would engage the audience and draw them into the scene. As a way of closing the shot I suggested that Elliot put his foot onto the camera lense instead of the floor to turn the shot black. We had to film this a couple of times due to mistakes such as Elliot's face being seen as he looked down to ensure his footing was correct, and also because he occasionally tripped on the steps!! After this we filmed Amy's part when she was in her room watching tv. We filmed her from quite a few angles walking into her room and sitting down on the sofa. We tried to film a shot that was different to the rest, where we focused on a picture of her and her friend and then zoomed out to reveal Amy, but we found this stopped our shots from running smoothly together and therefore making it look amateur.

For the final shot of our introduction, I thought it would be a good idea to film from outside the door, so Amy was in the shot, but also Elliot's feet were visible in my mirrored dressing table opposite the camera, so before he walks infront of the camera, the use of reflection shows he is on his way, hopefully making the audience feel worried for the girl's safety.