Filming Some Re-Takes

After spotting a few areas where we could improve our film, we set out on another day of shooting. This involved some re-takes of our killer and photographer in the woods and when they leave in their cars.

Having watched back our existing footage, we realised that when our killer pulls the body from the boot of his car, he is in a different place to where he eventually leaves in pursuit of the photographer. This was of course a continuity error which we had to remove. This was very easy for us as we just moved the shots we already had to the new car park and did them again.

Using a car as a platform, we managed to create a great aerial shot. Because the car is steady with our tripod on top, the shot looked great. We even managed to overcome the problem of hitting record when the camera was out of reach by using a remote control!

Eventually we got the shots we wanted and moved onto our next location in order to correct our other errors. The rough cut we created showed us that we needed to show more of the reason why our killer began to chase our photographer and why the photographer ran away. We did this by showing the photographer being discovered by the killer and having the killer initiate the chase.

To show the killer dicovering the photographer, we showed him being disturbed by noises whilst he is digging. To show his paranoia in this situation, we used jump cuts of him looking around trying to see where the noise came from. Eventually he sees the killer looking scared in an over- the-shoulder shot. The next sequence of shots shows the killer initiating the chase.

Having done this, we then re-shot the slow motion take of our photographer running away and dropping his camera. We decided to do this as it would create a better lighting match.

The final shot we re-took was an extreme close up of our photographer taking a picture because the first time we did this shot we accidentally picked up a reflection of our cameraman in the photographers lens!

Having considered ways to correct this reflection, we decided that crouching behind the camera was the best choice.

With these retakes finished we now only need a few more shots in our car chase to have completed filming.