Behind the scene Part one

Filming dates-

We wanted to film on the 8th February however we had to make sure that we had a back up date for filming which was the 11th February because we couldn't garantee that we would be able to film on the original day we wanted as there might be barriers in our way such as the weather, not being able to get a camera or one of the people we wanted in the two minute opening getting ill.

When we went to start filming on the 8th February we couldn't as the weather was to windy and was quite badly raining. This meant that we had to use our backup date (11th February) to film our first section of our opening two minutes.

So this meant that we were able to film the second half in a different location and only needed one of the people that was involved in the first part of the filming we needed to take a photo which meant that we were able to film the second part of the two minute opening.

What we did on the first day of filming-

On the first day of meeting we spoke to everyone who was involved in the filming so that they each knew what they needed to wear to fit into our idea of setting it in 2003. We then made a plan of where to meet and what time therefore this meant that wewould cut down on time as we wouldn't have to try and figure out where to all meet last minute.

Once we got to the bunker we figured out what parts we needed to figure out first and what made sense to film in order so we could get the filming right. We decided to take the photo of the four people who were in our opening two minutes so that the lightening was right and to make sure the photo came out the way we wanted it too. We then decided to film them walking up the country lanes because it wasn't at a busy time of day and this meant it was safer for all of us to film. This was because we had to do the filming of them walking down the county lanes a few times as we had to make sure that we got the continuity throughout. We then spent a while filming them outside the gates for the bunker and walking into the field where the bunker was because we needed to make sure that none of the people who was in our two minute moved from the place they were originally standing in and the direction they were facing. We also spent a while filming this part because it is the main part were the majority of the dialog was filmed therefore we had to make sure that is was exactly what we needed. We then filmed them walking through the field. We did this by filming in all different directions and angles so we could make sure we had enough filming to play around with when it came down to editing. Once they started to walk into the bunker we did it as if someone else was walking behind them. As they were walking into the bunker we filmed behind them filming them walking down the stairs over the shoulder of one of them. Once all of them were in the bunker we just had them mucking around as if they were really down there with their friends. We also filmed some of the pictures that were drawn on the walls to get a sense that it was abandoned and no one cares about the presentation of it anymore as it is unused. Filming them panicking and running up the stairs was easier because we needed the atomosphere of panic therefore we didn't need it to be perfectly filmed. Just like filming them walking towards the bunker we also had to film them running away from the bunker this was a similar process to filming them walking towards the bunker as we needed to get a lot of different angles and shots so we could make sure we had got everything we needed to film so when it came to editing we didn't have to film again or we didn't have enough to work with.

What we did on the second day of filming-

At a separate location we filmed the second half of the opening two minutes on the 28th February. We started off by making sure that we had printed off the photo that we needed to use whilst filming and then with telling the person who was going to be in it what to wear so he was ready to start filming as soon as we got to the location. We then figured out how we were going to make him look older than he was in the first location. We decided the best way to do this was by making him look as if he had a beard. We then discussed how we would make this happen. We then decided that using different types of makeup is the best way to make it look realistic. We then got a picture up of how we wanted it to look and started to create it. After we got the beard looking realistic we then started to film him walking towards the door to the living room. We did this by filming him from behind then filming him from the front this meant that we could get the continuity that we needed to make it flow and not jump. We then filmed his hand on the door to show that he was opening the door and after we filmed that we filmed him from the other side of the door walking through the door and as he walked towards the photo frame. We then filmed him from behind walking towards the photo frame which meant that we got the shots and angles we needed to make sure we had a range to work with. To make it look like he was walking we filmed him walking from over his shoulder as well as this then showed the audience what he was walking towards. To film the photo frame we filmed different angles and shots to show the photo in different ways. We first showed it from over his shoulder to show that he was looking at the photo which kept the continuity and then just with his hand holding it and then zooming into it. However this was hard to film because we could see the reflection of the camera in the photo frame therefore we had to film it multiple times to make sure that we got the best shot we could. The last thing we shot in this location was when there was something behind him we used a 180 degree panning shot to show him turning around which was effective because it looked as if it was him we did this because when the audience is watching this it looks as if they are him or there which creates the conventional atmosphere that is linked with thriller films such as suspense.

Extra filming we had to do after we edited the opening to minutes-

Whilst editing we realised that there was a jump between the title page and the next setting therefore we decided to add in an establishing shot of a street and a house to show where the setting was this meant that there was a break of sound which meant that there wasn't a clear cut between each setting which helped the continuity. Another part that we had to film after we did the editing was the face that appears down in the bunker. We decided to add this in as it wasn't clear what was happening down in the bunker so adding this in made it clear what was going on and why there was a panic.