Today we filmed one
of the most important scenes of the two-minute opening of our film. This scene
was the flashback, which we wanted to include in our final product in order to
develop the storyline further but to also enhance the element of mystery and suspense
that our film already has. We decided to film the flashback in one of the music
rooms at school as we thought that the drum kit could also be another hint just
like the necklace to encourage the audience to think for themselves. We mainly
filmed Anna (we pretended to tie her up) struggling, trying to find a way to
escape from wherever she is held.
In addition to this,
I filmed a point of view shot (acting as the villain/abductor) looking at Anna
through a window and opening the door walking towards her. Ellie then filmed my
feet while I was walking in as if this was a point of view shot (through Anna’s
perspective), we did this in order to create suspense as the audience may be
worried as to what the villain will do as this was building up even more
tension. While we were filming Anna’s struggle, we zoomed in to her necklace as
we decided it could be a unique and important clue to the audience. For
example, this could answer questions of why, who gave it to her and why she was
abducted.
The filming of the
flashback took roughly 30-40 minutes; this was very helpful as we were then
able to edit the footage and make any last minute improvements to our
film. While filming the flashback we
wanted to ensure that it appeared distorted in order to show that the
protagonist is truly going through something very psychologically challenging
and it is very hard to understand what she is going through, even if the
audience feel sympathetic towards her. In order to achieve this, we had to edit
and combine quite a few clips together for it to look panicky and intense,
adding again to the nervous atmosphere.
During the editing
session of the flashback, we added our own music (non-copyright) and sound
effects while also making some last minute changes to our final product, making
sure we were all pleased with it and agreed that all scenes were smoothly
flowing as one. One we all agreed and were pleased with the two minute opening
of our film as a final product, we then uploaded it to YouTube.
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