Creating a Set: Bedrooms

For the scenes inside the house, I decided to shoot inside my house, this is because the rooms all have white walls,  with minimal furniture.

However, I had to remove lots of items such as dressing gowns and duvets in order to give the building a more abandoned, empty feeling.

This enhances the piece as the mise en scene aids verisimilitude, keeping the film believable

Here you can see what the room looked like before and during the shoot:

Getting an Aerial Shot

This shot is used twice in the film. Here is how I recorded it during the second phase of shooting:

Here I mounted the camera on a Steadicam and climbed on top of a step ladder in order to get an aerial shot. 

Further Secondary Audience Feedback

Currently being midway through my project, I thought it would be appropriate to ask non-media students their thoughts about the film. here is a video of Charlie giving me his ideas about the project.

It is crucial to listen to what your audience says, as more often than not they will give you feedback containing ideas you haven't thought about. On top of this, their feedback will determine whether or not your product is successful, as it is their opinion which decides that. 

Lighting: How I Made Shots Look Like They Were Shot In The Evening

During the first phase of shooting, I shot by a fire when it was pitch black outside. While some of the footage looked good, it was unusable because it was too grainy.

So when I picked up the same shot on the second phase of shooting, I filmed before the sun went down, and used adobe lightroom to make the footage look darker.

Here is the end result.

Creating a Set: The Tent

In order to get the light accurate for the scene inside the tent, I decided to put up a pop up tent in my garage, so I could control lighting from inside and outside the tent.

The result was a low key light outside the tent, and the scene being lit by candles on the inside. Here are some test shots I took, exploring wether I could get the desired effect.