Filming

On The Day

Our group was very prepared when it came down to filming; this is because we had our filming schedule, which allowed us to take shots efficiently. We all worked well with our roles, and listened to each others opinion in order to make the shots as good as they could be. We started of by taking a few shots of houses and buildings in Rochester; this is because it fitted in really well with the setting of our opening scene. We then took some shots of our poster stuck onto the wall; we took shots from different angles in order to make the editing easier to do. We then filmed our ‘Jack the Ripper’ actor walking down the alley; we made sure that the camera wasn’t shaking, as that may ruin the effect. We spent quite a lot of time filming these shots, as we wanted to have them walking from a few angles, so that when we edited we could add different effects. We then filmed the ‘Victorian girl’, for this we needed to decide if we wanted her to just stand still, or actually walk up the alley. We took different shots of her, so that when it came to editing, we could decide what one looked best. When we were filming the ripper and prostitute scene, we needed to make sure that the stabbing was effective and had impact, this is because it is the main part of our scene. We used two cameras for this shot, as we wanted to get the reactions of the characters from all angles. We then filmed our shots of the bloody footprints on the floor; we made sure that we didn’t film to fast, as it would ruin the effect and atmosphere. Using fake blood we wrote our film title “Red Jack” on the pavement, we then filmed it at a sideward angle at a slow pace, this was going to be at the end of the film. We filmed it like this because it was a creative and different way of letting the audience know what our film was called.   

                                                                               

I had the task of filming the indoor shots; we had already made the props so my first job was to prepare them in order to take the shots. I arranged them on a wall, and then took numerous shots from different angles in order to see which shot looked best. I also filmed in different lighting, so that when it came to editing we could see what type of lighting gave the props the best effect. Once I had taken shots of the pictures I looked over them to make sure I had enough shots to edit with. Overall I think the filming went really well, this is because we all had significant roles that contributed well to the planning and the filming.