Step by Step Account of the (First) Shoot Day

We first set up the camera in front of Ewhurst place on the tripod and asked our two actors to stand in the positions we wanted them to in front of the camera. We took a few takes before we were able to move on, we also used a handheld camera to do some close ups on the actors faces that we can use to cut to if we wish in certain places when editing. At first, we did not know how to start the scene as we had pictured it in our heads but did not know how to stage it or work it with the camera as it was our first time doing it properly. However, after a while we got the hang of it and was able to direct it to a proficient level. 

We then decided to take some individual, close-up shots of the building to use as a small transition from seeing the actors outside and seeing them inside. We also had the use of the focus pull from behind a dead tree and went from focus on the tree to the house, to add a creepy atmosphere. We walked around the house after that, trying to find good places to set up the camera next and film. After making the room darker and turning out all the lights, using our night vision apparatus on the camera, we filmed the next part at the top corridor of the house with our actors standing across the other side of the stairs. 

After that we went down into the basement of the house to have a look if it was right for the scenery of what we wanted to film, which we quickly decided it was. We used more of our night vision equipment as there was no light in the basement, which added to the fake tv show ghost hunting look and atmosphere. We took a few takes here as well using the handheld cameras following around our two actors, and we got someone to create loud noises as the ghost for our actors to react to and to be picked up from the mic. Once we got a few takes of that, switching around who was working the cameras each time, we headed back upstairs and packed away the equipment, and headed back to our school. 

Our next shoot is on Friday 4th March to film the boy sitting in the living room watching this TV show.