Task 9. Filming

Second filming day, Sunday 19th February

When we came together this day, we had the plan ready. We were going to film scene three, our very last scene, where our second character, Tanya, played by Sophie Ravenscroft, was going to get brutally killed.

Picture from the scene

The location is Tamworth, and the setting is outside Chloe Ravenscroft's house. 

We chose this setting because we wanted a place with large towering trees that were leafless. This is beacause it gives a sense of isolation, by this we hoped to create a very eerie feeling, as nobody is around to call for, if you need help. This is something that is highly associated with the horror genre. 

Picture from the scene

Another reason for why we wanted an isolated place, was for us to shoot our film undisturbed. It was crucial for us that nobody was in the background at any time, as Tanya was suppose to be all alone while she gets killed. When Tanya gets killed, she is laying on her own doorsteep. We decided that we wanted her to die there to add a sense of sadness to the scene as she was so close to be safe. Being killed at your own doorsteep is also very wrong and twisted, as it is your home area, and the connotations for home is usually safety and warmth. By letting Tanya die there, we challenged a convention in order to corrospond with the horror genre.

In this scene we used a various different camera angles, amongst them: a normal medium shot, to show Tanya walking past the camera whilst talking in the phone, filmed from a tripod.

A close up at Tanyas face, to show her feelings after she gets the sense that someone is following her, it shows that she is scared, and a bit confused. This shot is also filmed from a tripod.

We also used a high angle whilst filming Tanya, this was to make her look weaker, and more powerless. This shot was also filmed from a tripod.

In one shot we used the technique by holding the camera ourself, giving a sense of uneasiness. This was also because it was from a subjective point of view. To be more accurate it was from Dolly's point of view, where she is watching Tanya from behind some branches.

We used another hand held, point of view shot from Dolly when she is running up to Tanya, this shot stops by Tanya screaming in a close up. 

When Tanya has been murdered by Dolly, we get a medium close up of Tanya laying on the ground, with the murder weapon next to her: the knife. As this shot goes on, a hand streches for the knife and grabs it. This is foreshaddowing that nothing is over yet.Which gives a horrifying feeling as it indicates that more people is about to die. 

The props used for this scene is a mobile phone, which Tanya uses in the beginning of the scene. 

One plastic knife, and one real knife. We used the plastic knife when Dolly Pocket is pretending to stab Tanya, as you can see on the picture to the right. This was to ensure that nobody would get injured if Dolly Pocket should have dropped the knife by accident. In the medium close up of Tanya laying dead on the ground with a knife next to her, we had switched the plastic knife out with a real knife. This was to make it look more real, and scary. If the audience saw that it was only a plastic knife that had been used, we would not get that horrifying effect we wanted.  

We also had to make fake blood, as Dolly would stab Tanya, and it would only be natural that it would come some blood out of it. 

The costumes used for this scene is a pair of blue trousers, a purple t-shirt and a white jacket for Tanya. This indicates that she is just a normal person, as the connotations to the white jacket is peacefulness and safety. 

The costume used to Dolly Pocket is the same as in scene one. She still have the green doll dress on, with white circles on it. This dress still gives a eerie feeling, as we think it is wrong for a grown up person to use such a dress, especially on this way.