Planning: Location: Test Shots

Video made by Katy

Above is a video showing the house my group will film in, along with the specific rooms we'll be filming shots in. We've chosen to film at a house next door to where Katy lives. It's within a rural environment and inhabits no people for the time being which makes the house even more suitable for our film. There is no furniture within the house yet there is electricity (plugs, lamps) which is why we had to base the film in the late 1900s. Since the house is located not far from Katy's house, it is a logistically beneficial choice of location to film in and it is even better that we have full access to the property. We were enabled to film once permission was gained (as can be seen in another post).

The house is quite dark inside so we won't film in the evening or nighttime. The best filming time would be the morning and towards the middle of the day. For this reason, we have chosen to meet up between 9am and 4.30pm. Approximately 4-5 hours of this time will be explicitly used for actually filming. A following day of filming will be put in place so that if we haven't finished filming on the first day, we can continue and complete filming on the following day. The only issue with doing this however is the weather. If we film on a day when it's raining, not only will it be an issue with having rain in one shot and no rain in another shot (if we continue through to the next day), but also the lighting will be seriously reduced. The same goes for if it's a sunny day. The only way of managing these problems is to complete all filming on the same day and to film when the weather is moderately good.

Reading

This is an old property and without doubt, a building typical of a supernatural horror movie. Therefore by using this building to set our opening in, the reader will have the reading that the film is based on a supernatural horror.