Account of Shoot Day

We began the day in our classroom going over everything make sure it was all in order and ready. We had previously set up our studio, getting the table in place, with the light and the walls.

We then went to the butchers on location, in godalming. We then evaluated the butchers, which had a backdoor which was perfect for our character to walk through to get into the back room. We filmed him walking through, and into the backroom. We also did some shots of the interior of the butchers to establish the location and show interesting shots of the knives and hanging meat. This part of the day was very similar to the story board, the only fabrications was the added shots of the interior. This location was chosen because it had a back fridge which was perfect for the character to walk into for it to be his secret room. The reset of the interior of the butchers also worked well because it was quite large, and was slightly spereate to the shot room where the meat was actually placed or customers to buy. This meant we could do lots of establishing shots of the interior showing the size and what was there.

However, when we came back to the studio, which was set up ready, we did alter some of the shots that we had previously written down. We did lots of close up of the meat, to show the inside and how disgusting it was. We cut these in with wide and medium shots of the character cutting the meat, and putting it in the box etc. The close up shots of the meat worked really well because it looked really gruesome. Also other close ups worked well, like the shot of the logo on the box, showing that it was 'organic,' this reinforced the shock that this kind of meat was being contaminated. Wide shots of the character in the studio worked well, because the room was dark apart from the light above the desk, this made it look scary and creepy, reinforcing the entire mood of the film.

The props for the shoot worked well, the huge meat cleaver which was slightly rusty, suggested the long use of it, implying the character had experience. The syringe used to inject the drug into the meat was good, although it would have looked better if there were much more laying around on the desk, but that was difficult to get. The white apron that he wore worked really well because it contrasted largely with the blood smered onto it.

The character was meant to be a grown man, who had a creepy, angry edge to him. Oour media teacher Guy fitted this perfectly because he had experience in butchering, and his hands were mostly filmed, and they were big, this worked better than using a school boy.

We used natural light, a light hanging in the centre of the set, over the worktop. This made it look realistic, and also made the rest of the set look dark, and eery. The light used on location was just the natural light in the butchers.

The whole day went, the whole crew took turns in holding the camera, continuity checks, and directing the actor. However the crew decided on what jobs they would do, for exmaple, I was the directed, and someone else was the producer. Alot of work was put into our jobs because it was how the film was going to happen, and would not have worked without us. I was relatively pleased with the outcome, although I wanted to get a shot of the meat being put onto a truck, but we werent able to get a truck, and the weather was too bad to film outside.