Filming around school

When we was thinking about the types of shoots we wanted to use, we decide that we was going to go round school and try out a range of different shots. We decide to flim in a range of spots the spots we choose were the orchard, under S block stairs, the LRC. The reason why we choose to to shoot in these areas was because we wanted somewhere dark and spooky and also the size of the area and the range of lighting we had.

The first place that we choose to film in was the orchard. The reason why we choose to shoot here was because of the range of lighting - we felt it was important to vary the lighting depending on the mood and character we were focusing on at the time. In the end we filmed part in the morning and then some later on in the afternoon. By doing this we got some really effective shots - some parts of the orchard was really dark which added a dark and gloomy effect that made our character appear more threatning. The reason why we wanted some places to be really dark was because we wanted it to portray our stalker as a character who lives in the dark and doesn't want to be seen ever. It wasnt just the lighting that had a great effect it was also the scenery that was around us, with the weather not being so good the day before we started to film the ground was all muddy but that didnt matter to us because this was great for the footstep effect that we wanted to try out to see if it added something different to the shots, what also was really great was that some of the trees hung low over each other which also added a dark effect. We made laura who was playing the stalker stand round the tree and in the shadows of the trees by doing this is made her seem more dark and creepy. Whilst we was walking around the orchard we found a wind chime that was hung from one of the trees we thought that it gave the whole area a creepy feel like someone was watching us we started to think about it filmed at night how that would add a creep and spooky sound to the film and how that would made the audience sitting on the edge of their seats. 

The second location that we decide to film in was under S block stairs the reaosn behide this was because of the lighting and also there was some table there and we had laura hide behide under them the reason why we made her to do this was becuase we wanted laura character come across as this character that lingers in the shadows not wanting to be seen.The main thing that was really great about having these tables in the way was the different angles that we could shoot from, when laura was under the table we decide to get two cameras and her crawl along the floor this gave us a great range of shoots. When thinking about what other shots we could use to give us a wider range of shoots we flimed laura from above and them different angles around her.