November 12th: We met up at Harry's house where we had previously filmed. I didn't change the location because I was happy with it, it was how the characters acted that needed to be changed and some of the scenes. I went through the script one last time with the actors and told them about specific things that I wanted to happen.
We started with the shovel scene first because it looked like it was going to rain outside and it was rather cold so I thought we'd do it first to get it out of the way. This sceen was quite difficult to get right because there was virtually no where to do this shot that h
ad the right sort of lighting. We tried it first on the grass area. I was lying on a plank of wood holding the camera up (low camera angle) looking at Grant who was standing over the camera holding a shovel. There was little light from the house even when we turned on the outside lighting. Grant had brought his strobe light for another scene so we decided to plug that in (in the outside plug) and use that as a light sorce. The strobe light was quite small and only really gave us a spotlight effect but we took a few clips using that and then decided to re-think this idea.
(A clip of this is to the left). I walked around the garden to see if there was a better place to do the shot. There was a brick wall which stood at half a metre with an outside light near that area. I laid on the brick wall whilte Grant stood over me with the shovel. (pictured left). I decided that the clip where I am lying on a small brick wall was a better clip than the other one that was taken of the grass. This was because the lighting was better and you could actually see Grant instead of just seeing his arm. (clip linked below).
The next scene I filmed was when Grant is in the clown costume and is standing behind Abby in a dark room. This scene was done by all the lights being off, we use
d the strobe light for this scene. Step by step: all lights off, strobe light is turned on, you see Abby and the clown, the person controlling the strobe light then moved their hand over the light slowly and then gradually getting faster so it looked like the 'torch' is flickering, the light is then turned off at the plug so there is no complete darkness and Abby then screams. (clip linked below)
The next scene I film was down in the living room where Abby
is sitting on the sofa reading and Grant appears outside the window. I had to do this fairly early on in the evening because it still looked like it was going to rain. (clip linked below)
ad the right sort of lighting. We tried it first on the grass area. I was lying on a plank of wood holding the camera up (low camera angle) looking at Grant who was standing over the camera holding a shovel. There was little light from the house even when we turned on the outside lighting. Grant had brought his strobe light for another scene so we decided to plug that in (in the outside plug) and use that as a light sorce. The strobe light was quite small and only really gave us a spotlight effect but we took a few clips using that and then decided to re-think this idea.(A clip of this is to the left). I walked around the garden to see if there was a better place to do the shot. There was a brick wall which stood at half a metre with an outside light near that area. I laid on the brick wall whilte Grant stood over me with the shovel. (pictured left). I decided that the clip where I am lying on a small brick wall was a better clip than the other one that was taken of the grass. This was because the lighting was better and you could actually see Grant instead of just seeing his arm. (clip linked below).
The next scene I filmed was when Grant is in the clown costume and is standing behind Abby in a dark room. This scene was done by all the lights being off, we use
d the strobe light for this scene. Step by step: all lights off, strobe light is turned on, you see Abby and the clown, the person controlling the strobe light then moved their hand over the light slowly and then gradually getting faster so it looked like the 'torch' is flickering, the light is then turned off at the plug so there is no complete darkness and Abby then screams. (clip linked below)The next scene I film was down in the living room where Abby
is sitting on the sofa reading and Grant appears outside the window. I had to do this fairly early on in the evening because it still looked like it was going to rain. (clip linked below)The next two scenes follow on from each other. The first one is Joey (played by Harry) walking into the house from outside saying, "Freddy, are you alright?" and the second clip is where Joey walks into the house looking for Freddy and Freddy appears behind him. (Both clips are below)
That drew my filming night to a close and I was really pleased with the work we had all done. It was a really good night and all of us enjoyed filming it. In my next post I will start explaining how I edited the clips and I will also upload some of the drafts of my actual teaser trailer and talk through them.
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