Filming Blog: At The Abandoned House

On Sunday my group and I met together around 4 o'clock in the afternoon again to film the rest of the scenes. We decided to show up this early because we Jazmin and I needed to put the makeup on Lesly. Although Jazmin mainly put the makeup on, I helped prepare the fake blood, create the dark circles, and mouth area on Lesly's face. Our makeup skills made it seem like he had realistic scars and even a hole on his forehead, cheek, and neck. Upon arriving, we realized we had to re-film because one of my group mates came with different clothing. Luckily the rest of my group and I wore the same outfit as Saturday. She came in wearing a shirt and shorts. However, she came with a dress that was a different color from the shorts. Due to this, it would make the film inconsistent. Inconsistency within our film would make it appear weird and poorly made. The first scene filmed was a pan shot of the neighborhood. The pan shot would be of the two houses, then the camera would arrive at the girls and I playing frisbee. The Pan shot was created by slowly moving my car forward with the camera attached. This gave the illusion of the camera moving as if it were passing by the neighborhood. Also, the scene consisted of a close up of every one of the girls. Although, the close up was changed to a Mid Shot. This Mid Shot still would be used to introduce every single character of the film(except for the Monster). Another important thing earlier was buying all the props that would be used to portray spookiness. These props include a frisbee, broken glass mirror, black rocks, colored insects, red fingerpaint, candles, doll, and red and black sand. Below is a picture of all the props in the abandoned house.