Account of the Shooting Day!

Last minute preparations for the shoot day?
We conviened, as to our shooting shedual, at 9am to confirm we were all prepared for the shoot. When we met we ensured that we had completed our props list and that our cast was prepared for the shoot. The last minute preparations for the shoot day were our sourcing of the fake blood and the change of costume decision. For the costume we changed her from wearing a hoodie, to just wearing a plain tank top.
We, therefore, in our preparation made sure we had the correct equiptment. Our equiptment list is ordered as followed -
· 1 x Sony PDR 170 Min DV Cam (Plus 2x Batteries)
· 2 x Mini DV Cam Tape Stock
· 1 x XLR Lead
· 1 x Boom Pole
· 1 x Sennheiser Directional Microphone
· 2 x Red Head Video Lights and Tripods
· 1 x Fluid Head Tripod (inc. Horseshoe)
· 2 x AA Batteries
· 1 x Suspension Unit
· 1 x Rycote Softie
Throught out the shooting day we utalized all of our created planning materials to ensure that we were on target and we wouldn't waste time. We used everything that we created (as detailed in the blog below), however our shooting schedual was something that was overthought. We could have used it much more effectively to sustain a more fluid shooting motion throughout the day.
Due to the factor of cirrcumstance we had to change our plans during the shoot day so therefore, we removed our first shot from our story board for practical and timing reasons, this was to make sure that our day didn't run over time and that once we returned to the edit suite we didn't have an excessive amount of material to log. Also we planned on using a lot of blood within our final shot, however upon further thought we found it unnecessary and unrealistic to have that amount of blood due to our desire to create as much realism as possible within the piece.


There were various high points through out the day and this saw the development of team morale and creativity to be exploited. The innovation of one our team members saw us shooting inside the van. We moved our camera into the van and drove past our female protagonist to create a more smooth flow of sequence to cut into our final log.


Although our group worked productively through out most of the day we did have minor down falls that affected the outcome of our final piece, and ultimately our success. On the shoot day it was imperitive that we stuck to our shooting schedual, however due to our creative excelleration we found that once on location it was difficult to stay on task due to the stream of ideas we kept developing while on location. If were were to have the ability to shoot again, I would suggest that we stick more closely to our shooting schedual in order to work more efficently.

Photos from the Shoot ;

Initial Ideas - Media Institutions and Film Demographic

What kind of media institution might distribute your media product and why?

I would assume that our media product would have low production values, and the type of production company that would back our work would be that of a smaller more personalized group of investors that would sustain the low budget production of our small concept thriller. The likely hood of appeal to a more high budget run film production company would be very minimal due to the reminicence that our thriller dwells within. It is very much based on the successful work of other great, iconic directors and thier classic horror iconography. Therefore, we would have to pull on more artisticly supportive investors - those who support the idea and those who are interested in more independent film making. The lack of CGI affects, panoramic views and a smaller, unknown cast would definately define our production as small independant institutional media production. However, the indepth development of meaning and character based story line would undoubtably catagorize our production as an independent film production.

Who would be the audience for your media product?

This media product would appeal to very small demographic. It is appealing more to an audience of horror film lovers, who sustain a respect for independant film. Although the target audience is small, the film concept is strong enough to be able to become a popular film within its own respective audience. Its strong story line, and character development appeals to those of an older age group, and its content of alot of blood and gore appeals to a younger predominantly male audience. In conclusion, the media audience for this product would not necessarily be wide but it would however be a very loyal fan base.

The Development of The Folder - Shooting Schedual

In order to sustain a fluid and productive shooting day it was imperitive to create a coherant shooting schedual, this will be an enormus aid to us on the shooting day. In creating this document we built a cohesive plan of acton to sustain our focus on the day of the shoot.

The Development of The Folder - Equitment List

The equitment list was confirmed entirely by the production supervisor who assited us with our shoot. He talked us thoroughly through the production day and I listed the necessities that were required to fulfill our story board. We also created this document to have a form of a check list for our shooting day to ensure we do not leave essential pieces of equiptment behind, in doing this we also saved ourselves from wasting time having to return to school to pick up left equitment.

The Development of The Folder - Prop List

Due to the prevailence of dramatic beating within our piece the props that we had were the key to ensuring realism and assuring that our shots looked believable.
We made our final decisions based on our story board;

1. An Ipod
2. Rope
3. Duct Tape
4. Gloves
5. A Car
6. A Chair
7. Power Tools
8. A Table
9. A Table cloth
10. Fake blood
11. Kitchen Knifes