Test Shoot Reflection

Today we went and filmed our test shoot. I think this was extremely helpful as we were able to see what worked and what didn't work. We did cut out some scenes that we planned to do, on the other hand we also added many scenes that i think help the short film to transition better. However, the only down side was that it got dark earlier than we anticipated.

Group reflections

During our meeting we decided that our next step in pre-production should be to do a test shoot of all the forest scenes, just to see how it all fits together and more importantly if they all fit together. We will be shooting this on Saturday 19th of October.

Recce - Locations for our short film

Container shoot

The storage container will serve as our vigilantes kill-house. Before shooting we will have to decide how we will stage and use all the props that we plan to use in order to create a realistic eerie tone.

 

 Forest Shoot

These are some images that we took of epping forest. This will be the location of all the flashback scenes in the short film. We scoped out parts of the forest that matched what we had envisioned, in order to get that dark tone that we are trying to achieve, we have decided to film around 4pm.

Storyboard Draft 1

Storyboard draft 1 from sarahsalehleytona2

Final location for inside scenes



 

After searching to no avail, we have finally found a suitable location for our inside scenes. After asking for permission from the college caretakers, we have been given permission to film inside one of the containers on the college ground. This was the best location we could have gotten and will greatly help us in both saving money and the convenient location, as it's in on the college site, it is perfect for the whole group.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

inside scene possible locations

We looked at the big yellow self-storage as a possibility as it offered the perfect dimensions and setting that we were looking, it was also affordable to hire. However on calling them, we were told that were not allowed to film inside.

We went back to searching through gumtree and started searching for garages or warehouse studio photography studios for hire. Unfortunately we have had no success with garages as most were either to expensive or are only available for hire for a minimum of 3 months. We have a little more success with the latter, although we are still looking for more suitable options, however hiring a studio seems like the most likely option at the moment. 

Week reflection

Our group has now started the pre-production stage of making our short film. We have been mainly discussing possible locations. We quickly decided that the flashback scenes would take place in a forest as it's an area that we felt has a natural ambience and would be easy to create a captivatingly eerie atmosphere that would go well with what we're trying to create. However we are having issues with finding a location for the warehouse/lock up scenes.