Behind the scenes of Assault Scene.

This blog post, shows you what we got up to in our second location ( the woods.) We spent almost 3 hours filming there, as it took us a while to get into character, without us laughing.

Here, we can see our protagonist walking the dog up the ramp. We can see Mae recording the footage on the Nikon camera. We got this shot in the first take, as it wasn't too hard to film.  The pathway is effective, as it suggests to the audience that its a place that you're allowed to walk down. It creates suspense, as the audience would want to know where the pathway leads to. The tripod was particularly useful in all our filming. without the tripod, our footage would have been uneasy and jolted, especially with the woodland air/wind which made the trees move more, creating more wind, which would make the camera move more.

Here, we can see the "death" scene being presented. To film this close up, I had to actually get onto the floor- ( which wasn't the comfiest place to lay on). We had to make sure I was laying down in a realistic position. We found it difficult to not make the position looked to staged, as it came across really unrealistic. Also, we decided to get a shot of my eyes open to the camera, as we had to think logically what people do when they die. They do not usually have their eyes closed, so I had to film with them open. This as you can probably presume, was much easier said than done. The light shining though the trees, made it hard for me not to blink. So, we had to change my head position, so that my eyes weren't being blocked by the sun.

Here, we have a funny shot of the antagonist and protagonist. We feel its important to show our audience the realization that the assault was not real and was all just acting. We are all close friends, so it made it more funny than hurtful, to pretend to kill each other. The bag that Rosemary uses to kill Tara is shown here in this picture. We were not sure whether we were aloud to suffocate someone in our film, as it could break the rules from the exam board. Our teacher emailed our given exam board, and they stated that we could not show the suffocation with a full bag over the head. Instead we took separate shots of the mouth and the nose. With one shot just of the mouth being covered, but the nose being out, and another with the nose being covered, but the mouth being out. This may sound a little confusing, so we took pictures on the day to visually demonstrate what we were doing.

Here, is a quick 15 second video of all of us filming. I showed you a sneak peak of what we were getting up to. We were trying to record Katy and Chloe having their discussion, but it was much harder to film, as Katy found it difficult to stop laughing. Im not in this scene, so i thought it would be a prime opportunity to do some behind the scenes blogging, to see what we got up to. Mae is directing in this part, and did a good job of it too. 


Here, we have Mae filming at a cantered angle, with the greenery and branches in the background. The use of the bridge being incorporated in the shot is effective, as it shows two parts of land being connected together, suggesting that the other side has something different there. The cantered angle helps to create a mysterious vibe, as the shot appears to be jagged and not an ordinary shot. As well as the shot being cantered, it is also a low angle shot. This is effective, as it shows Nadiye being powerful and authoritative as the camera is looking up at her. This would have given her prevalence in the scene, which makes the audience empathize with her.

SAFETY ON SET- NO ONE WAS HARMED DURING THE MAKING OF THIS FILM!

We had to ensure that everyone was safe and not at any risk during filming. Especially using a plastic bag to be suffocated in, everything had to be done properly, as our film, has a few risky scenes. As mentioned, when filming with the plastic bag, we cut holes in the nose and mouth so that i was still able to breathe efficiently. To film the suffocation, we filmed one part- with my mouth in shot, but my nose out, like shown in the photograph so that i was still breathing, and then vise-versa, when filming my nose being covered, i could still breathe through my mouth. We managed to do this, through filming through extreme close ups. 

We tied the bag behind my head with a rubber band, this ensured that the bag wouldn't blow off my head, as it was very windy in the woods. Having the bag transparent, made the assault look more sinister, as you could see my facial features ( mouth and nose) struggling to get the bag off my head.