Filming the Movie

Gaining permission;

Music;

We found out the e-mail address for John Carpenter (the man who directed halloween) and emailed him asking if we could use the theme tune for Halloween. He was happy for us to use the music but unfortunately he could not give us permission, but instead he helped us out and gave us the email and number for the record company that owns the track.

Location;

The field 

 We wanted the location to be natural looking and far away from any help, this is why we chose this certain field as it had the required scenery and perfectly connoted the desired tension for the shot. We needed the grass to be slightly over grown and made look like it is not well cared for. We also wanted a couple trees to make the scenery look like has changed from each shot.

         

Getting ready;

There were many jobs we had to do to be fully prepared for the filming. Without each separate one the project would have suffered as we would have not got sufficient footage.

Job 1

The make up may look messy and done quickly but it actually needed practise to get the desired look. We practised different techniques on looking sweating and rough. We also had to put eyedrops in to make the make up smudge naturally. This is a picture of myself practising the make up.

Job 2

Although we had fake mud to add to the costume and actress we wanted it to look as realistic as possible and therefore we decided to use real mud as well as fake. It gave us a way to touch up the previous make up and cover anywhere we had missed on the costume and actress. It also let us experiment with what the character had previously been doing; we managed to put mud on the knees as if she may have fallen to them, been dragged through mud by what she is now running away from and fallen on to her backside. We managed to make mud marks in all the areas necessary to suggest this happened. It helped us get into the scenario and gives the audience an idea on what happened to her before the movie.

Job 3;

We wanted the weather to be dull and edging on darkness and we had to make sure we were filming on a day where it had been forecast the right conditions. However, when we desired this certain weather it made it a very cold day to be filming. Luckily, we had prepared for these conditions and rapped up and took lots of spare clothing to wear when we weren't filming. We also wanted the actress (myself) to be barefoot to make her look more in need of help. This did give the problem of very cold feet and danger of stepping on thistles. We sorted this problem by having very thick  shoes for when we weren't filming and we also had to map out each separate shot to make sure there was no thistles or sharp things of any kind to step on. The picture on the right shows the clothing I was wearing. We had lots of blankets and a couple microwave heat raps.

Job 4;

We needed to be sure we had all the equipment and weren't forgetting or bringing extra things we didn't need with us. It would have been inefficient and wasting time to have to go back and forth for things we had forgotten. It would have given us less filming time and therefore our project would suffer. It also would have been silly to take a whole load of stuff we didn't need or use, especially when we are climbing fields to get to our destination. To solve this problem we made a sheet full of things we would need and want. It was similar to the props and location sheet but it had the things we needed when we weren't filming. These were things like; Tripod, warm clothing, blankets and heat raps for us both, fake blood and mud for touching up the make up, a couple brushes, eye drops, time schedule and lots more. Here is a picture of myself making the sheet and speaking to Mary on the phone so we both decided on what to take.