05/03/10

Today we filmed scene one of Lily being chased through the woods. Bareen and I had decided where we would put the camera and what type of shots to use there when we explored the woods earlier (when we were deciding which wood area to use). So we got through the shots pretty quickly.

We attempted to include a point of view shot but it looked too strange and we had many other shots to use so we decided not to spend a lot of time on filming this shot. Here is a picture of Elly attempting the shot:





However, we had a few problems with this filming session:

• Elly was practicing what she had to act out for the shot where she turns around and screams. However Bareen and I did not realise she was practicing so when she screamed we both jumped. This was not the problem, however, after Elly screamed a few children further in the woods started screaming as if having a competition with us, so we had to wait until they finished so we could film the shot without having noise in the background.

• We also found it very hard to film the handheld shots steady. I found it difficult to film a panning shot using handheld camera. Bareen also found it hard to film with handheld as she was running with the camera so she had to focus on where she was going, what she was filming and keeping the camera steady. This took several tries to get right, but we are happy with the outcome. However I think the occasional unsteadiness created a scarier feel to the film and added to the tension.