Hair and Make-up
After arriving at our location, we had to prepare Layla for her scenes. This included doing her make up and hair, in order to make her appear scary which is essential for her characters role. We put four on her face to make it white, it proved to be quite hard to stick the flour onto the face, even when we used water as a base. We also tried using Vaseline as a base, which did stick the flour better, however it as hard to apply to the face.
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| Applying make up |
We tried different hairstyles so that we could chose which one had the greatest effect. These are shown below.
Filming
First, we positioned the camera behind an upstairs window over looking the drive of the house, where Layla is filmed walking slowly towards the house. This scene wasn't planned, however when we saw the triangular shape of this window, we decided it would add a greater creepy effect to our production.
As we set up to film the scene where Layla is seen rocking on a chair with a knife, we noticed the mirror close by, and again had another idea of filming a shot using the mirror. The use of reflection is common in horror films, it adds an unsuspecting element. We noticed a candle by the side of the mirror, and lit it in order to create a more sinister, gloomy atmosphere.
A knife being used in our production meant that safety precautions had to be taken. This included holding the knife properly, not running with it, and putting it safely down when its use is not required.
The final scene we shot was of an actual nightmare that Rosie has. For this scene, because it is supposed to be a dream, it seemed acceptable to stretch reality further. Therefore we swung a bright white light over Layla's head as she sat rocking and laughing on a chair in a dark room. This gave a disorientating and somewhat surreal effect, making it distinctive from the other scenes Layla has been in, and appear more as a dream/nightmare. This scene went very well, and contributed greatly to the horror elements in our production.
Conclusion
Overall it was a productive shoot, and we were very time efficient, completing more scenes than we had set out to do. Also, we added extra unplanned scenes that we thought would be good in our production at the time.
Filming
First, we positioned the camera behind an upstairs window over looking the drive of the house, where Layla is filmed walking slowly towards the house. This scene wasn't planned, however when we saw the triangular shape of this window, we decided it would add a greater creepy effect to our production.
As we set up to film the scene where Layla is seen rocking on a chair with a knife, we noticed the mirror close by, and again had another idea of filming a shot using the mirror. The use of reflection is common in horror films, it adds an unsuspecting element. We noticed a candle by the side of the mirror, and lit it in order to create a more sinister, gloomy atmosphere.
A knife being used in our production meant that safety precautions had to be taken. This included holding the knife properly, not running with it, and putting it safely down when its use is not required.
The final scene we shot was of an actual nightmare that Rosie has. For this scene, because it is supposed to be a dream, it seemed acceptable to stretch reality further. Therefore we swung a bright white light over Layla's head as she sat rocking and laughing on a chair in a dark room. This gave a disorientating and somewhat surreal effect, making it distinctive from the other scenes Layla has been in, and appear more as a dream/nightmare. This scene went very well, and contributed greatly to the horror elements in our production.
Conclusion
Overall it was a productive shoot, and we were very time efficient, completing more scenes than we had set out to do. Also, we added extra unplanned scenes that we thought would be good in our production at the time.
However initially, both Rosie and Layla were supposed to be attending the shoot. However, at last minute Rosie put forward that she wasn't able to. This set us back a bit, as we had to change the scenes we had planned to film with Rosie in, to ones where she wasn't needed. From this we learnt that we should keep better contact with our crew and cast.
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