Monday 2nd March Lesson

Due to other serious engagements concerning other courses and personal life, Ben and I began filming today, behind schedule. We filmed in lesson the second part of the clip, with the white lights and shadowed figure. We spent time experimenting with lights provided by school, and also different backgrounds and backdrops, including the schools green screen. In the end, we found and used a white screen used for projecting images on. We focused on the lights with high contrast, so we had a solid and pure white background, and placed the screen in front. Behind this we created shadowy and blurry figures, that looked abnormal and strange as the heads moved and disappeared and changed shape. We are really pleased with the takes we recorded, and are impressed at the figures we made, as they are better than we hoped for, as they have what I would describe as an Alien like quality, adding to the ambiguity. This evening we are going to location to shoot our final scenes needed for the first section of the clip (the scene following the hooded figure) with Sam. Doing this will put us in command of our time, as we will be back on schedule to edit our clip in lesson on Wednesday. Whilst being at home this evening, I have created a sound clip of static which we will be using, and also some abstract sounds we will use to create a creepy effect in our clip.