Filming

On the day of filming we went to Oliver's house because this is the only location for our thriller because we used his garden, lounge and kitchen to create our thriller. Before we started filming we looked at our storyboard again for about 20 minutes so that we knew exactly which shots we wanted to use and when, this also enabled all of us to know what to do and when to do it. This therefore meant that all our thriller could be filmed as efficiently as possible and this also stopped us wasting valuable filming time. We also needed to make sure that the weather was suitable for us to begin filming because we needed the weather to be clear so that there was no fog, rain or other weather which could disrupt our filming and luckily it was a sunny day so we could continue filming just as we had planned.

The filming did not take to long to do because our locations for the shots were all close together so that we didn't waste time moving from location to location. We also had to film the outside shots during the day otherwise it would have been too dark to film because you would not have been able to see the character(s) in the darkness. We also filmed each shot at least 3 times because we wanted to make sure that we had more than one take for each shot just in case we noticed something was wrong or not as good in one of the takes, which enabled us to choose the best take for our thriller and also when it comes to editing we will have more shots to choose from.

For part of the sequence it didn't matter whether we filmed at night or during the day because we could turn lights on so that the characters are still visable. We eventually decided to film during the day so that we could film this straight after the outdoor scenes. This is because it will allow us to complete all of our filming at once so that we do not have to worry about having to film the rest of our sequence. It was also more difficult for us to film because we were filming out of college which meant that we could not record during lesson, so we had to find some time where none of the three of us were busy in order to allow us to film. We also made sure that we had the props we needed to film.

The risk assessment we completed prior to filming was extremely useful to us because this enabled us to prevent any possible dangers from occurring whilst we were filming. This is why I believe that there were no problems whilst we were filming. We were careful when using the camera and the props so that nothing broke. We were also careful whilst filming making sure that none of us fell over. This is why I believe the risk assessment was very successful in preventing any possible problems.

Once we finished filming we checked what we had recorded to make sure that we had recorded every shot that we needed to and it looked suitable to start editing.

Before we filmed we believed that it would be quite simple, quick and easy to do because we knew exactly what we wanted to film such as the shots we wanted to use because of the planning we did prior to filming and this helped us out when it came to filming our thriller.

Another reason why the filming did not take ages to complete was because Oliver and Jonathan were confident in their acting roles and I was also confident in being the cameraman. I believe that all these factors contributed in enabled us to do all the filming on the first attempt. Now that we have completed the filming we can finally begin editing our thriller, which we are all eagerly excited to do.

As we planned the storyboard thoroughly and looked at it again just before we started filming we didn't need to make any changes to the storyboard. I believe this is good as it shows we did some good planning because we didn't need to change any of the shots we wanted to use. It also shows that we had a clear idea of the thriller we wanted to produce even at the early stage of creating our storyboard.

As our storyboard was very detailed there were no major changes which needed to be made however we did add a few shots and changed the order slightly. The first shot we added was a close up of the smallest gate closing after the victim had walked through and then another mid shot was added to show the victim walking which cut to an added shot which was a close up of the kettle boiling. We also added in a mid shot of back door being opened and instead of using a black screen we used three white screens which were separated by close ups of a gun which then cut to the black screen we had originally intended on using.