Filming Diary

Day 1:
On the first day of filming we went to an abandoned house which is located in the heart of hutton mount right near Shenfield High School where we attend, the reason we chose this location is because it is very creepy and we thought it would be perfect to set our film in the abandoned house as we felt we could make the most out of the scenery we would have surrounding us.

After we got to the location, our actors got ready and we had a look about the house to see where we should film each shot. Sadly, when we was about to start the filming process the Police turned up and informed us the house wasn't in fact abandoned like we thought and it still had an owner, this then meant that we couldn't use the location, this meant that we had to then rethink our storyline and location.


Day 2
After we rethought out our storyline we came to the conclusion that we will do a stalker storyline in the woods right near to the school, however we didn't want to do the same old storyline of a stalker where it is very slow paced and the stalker just walks behind the victim, we wanted to change this so we decided to film as many camera angles for the film as possible and this helped us when it came to the editing process. we started filming around2 o'clock in the afternoon and finished filming around 5 o'clock meaning that we managed to finish before it got dark.

This then meant that we could use all of the shots that we filmed as everything was visible in all of the shots and as luck would have it, we managed to film on a day where the weather was really hot so it made the surface for Max, who was our actor, to run on as it wasn't slippery etc.

Day 3
On the third day of filming we managed to take 2 hours out of our double media lesson to go down to the art block to collect a few props, these being a rope and apron for our stalker and then we had to go to D.T to get a face mask. The reason we collected these was because we felt that it made the stalker looks very psychopathic and we decided this is what we needed to make our film look even better.

After we had collected the props that we were using in the scene we headed into the main assembly hall, upon the stage and behind into the passage that is located behind it, this is where we filmed the scene. The reason that we decided to use this location is because it is very isolated from everyone and everything, very quiet and it overall helps the film look even more scary and tense. We spent around 1 and a half hours filming the different scenes in this location to make sure we got them near-on perfect to what we wanted and then we went back to class.