PROOF OF FILMING

We began filming on Wednesday, 25th February - this was our day of filming the flashback sequence, and showing the disposal of the body. Holly took the main role of filming, with assisted filming from Alex. Meg was an actor, and worked with lighting. Alex was the main role for this day of filming - showing Elijah's character.

Meg got to show her SFX make up skills - her neck was slashed and also cut her wrist to really make her look like she's been murdered. Meg was portraying the murder/rapist who we originally called Trent - but due to prior commitments and changes to our scheduling, this role was taken on by a female.

CHARACTER MISE EN SCENE

Elijah Lowe:

(The hair we imagine Elijah to have)

Hair and Makeup- Elijah will have no scarring, blood used or wounds. He will be presented in a slick fashion, with his hair slicked back, giving him a confident 'look' When we flashback to the murder Elijah will be in disguise so the victim will have no idea who he is. for this we shall be presenting him in a mask, created with SFX makeup.


Costume- Elijah will be presented in a clean cut manner as if to contrast the charcters appearence and his mental sanity. He will wear black clothing to give off a collected persona and reflect his inner 'being', we will be able to borrow and access clothing from Alex's wardrobe.


Body language and Facial expression- He will have a calm body langauge and facial expression in the interrogation scene which will contrast with the murder flashbacks, he will be deranged and angry.
Gareth Cox:
Hair and Makeup- no blood no scarring or wounds will be used, he will be presented as clean cut, his hairstle will be messy to show his exasperated nature with his job.

costume for Gareth(left)

Costume- He will be dressed in a shirt and tie, to show him in an authoritive position of a detective. We will once again be able to use clothes from Alex's wardrobe.


Body Language and Facial expression- He will have a calm persona although he will run his hands through his hair to show his frustration and exasperation with the case.









Trent Haywood:
Hair and Makeup- Although we will see him briefly Trent will be shown with scarring and blood and wounds through the use of SFX makeup.


Costume-he will be dressed in normal clothing, which will get covered in blood after his murder. We will have access through these clothes through using Alex's wardrobe. 


Body language and Facial expression- Trent will be shown as terrified and scared as he is running away from his killer.

STORYBOARD/ANIMATICS

Here is our opening storyboard - we realised after creating this that we didn't explain the flashback in enough details. Our next blog post will explain this further.

MEDIA SURVEY

We have created a survey for the public to answer. The questions regard our film's plot, and where we will progress from the production planning. We would appreciate as many responses as possible! There are only 4 questions, so it won't take up too much of your time. - Thanks.

Click here to take part.

FURTHER EXPERIMENTS WITH SFX MAKE UP - BRUISING: MEG

I have just recently got some new Mehron Cream paints, because I'm actually very interested in SFX make up, and theatrical make up as it is. In some of my spare time this evening I was trying them out for bruises by using deep reds, blues, yellows and greens to create these gruesome looks. They go from worse to better...ish. I may film the steps on how to do this in further blog posts, but for now I'll just update you with the three different bruise types I experimented with this evening.    





















 I used GRAFTOBIAN modelling wax to create this gruesome wound on the wrist to make a 'reattached wrist'. Then used a dry blood paste to make the blood still look wet, and then the bruise wheel pallet i used in the previous picture.
























We used this technique in our filming, but on our characters neck.
Here is the finished result.

FUTHER PLANNING

EDITING FREQUENCY

Creating a thriller opening will use the average of 40 shots. I checked how many shots there was in the opening of The Usual Suspects and there was 37, in the first two minutes. This gives an editing frequency of a new shot every three seconds. We can use this as a guide for our own thriller opening.

LOCATION

This is the location we shall be filming at, Croydon Police Station. We may get an overview shot of the location to show the audience the location. This will also be our main location of filming as this is where the intervention will take place.

This is the County Mall Shopping Centre in Crawley; where will hopefully film the industrial lifts and back hallways.

Although they did not respond to the original email we had sent, we are remaining hopeful.

SFX MAKE UP EXPERIMENT

This is our first attempt at SFX make up.

 We used tissue paper, glue and paints (red, brown and purple) to create this burn/bruising.

Here is the finished product: