Account of shooting day

Our shooting day began in the edit suite to gather everyone and talk once more about the aim of what we wanted to achieve. We also made shore that the studio was prepared and had the lighting which was needed to ensure a creepy atmosphere. In addition, that we had all the props and costuming set up in the studio for when we would return from our location to shoot the majority of the sequence.
We also called the location to confirm the time that we were coming.
Our storyboarding which we had done for the location shooting was slighting different to the finished set as we decided not to include the interior of the butchers so not to cause offence or give them a bad name. We then continued on to our location.
Our location was exactly what we needed as it had a backdoor which was perfect for our character to walk through. Due to his mysterious nature he would not walk through the bright colored shop front, he walked through the grungy back door. We used a pan shot to follow him as he walked through the back door, to emphasis that he was what our sequence was revolved around.

We thought we would encounter some difficultly with getting to our location due to the snow which was in the vicinity of our school but on the day our shooting the snow was gone, which was a huge relief.
One of my favorite shots of the location is one that is shot in the inside of the walk in freezer, not because of the angle or the position of the camera but because of the content that was in the shot as I felt that the shot of hanging meat added to the character of our sequence as it was scary and very real. I also felt a sense of accomplishment within this shot as I organized the location and it was beneficial to see that it was what we needed for the ambiance of the sequence.

These shots then continued on to the shots in the studio to create a link that the masochist is walking into a secret back room to the butcher.

We used certain props to emphasize our characters masculinity and spooky nature e.g instead of using a normal kitchen knife we decided to use a rusty old meat clever.

Our character also emphasized the idea of mystery and horror which we were trying to put across. He fit this idea by being tall, manly and middle aged exaggerating the stereotype of the tall evil masculine male he also had a beard covering a majority of his face, symbolizing that he is hiding something adding to his mysterious nature.

We furthermore adapted this secretive character by having lighting which was very low, adding shadows to his work and his features, also due to it being artificial light. This was beneficial to the shoot as it gave a consistent light and it also showed the contrast between the normal world with real light compared to the artificial light, and his distorted sense of reality in the studio.

My role in the production of the film was producer and therefore I arranged all of the props and organized the location. I struggled a little with getting a needle due to my age so I had to arrange my media teacher pick one up and be in charge or it. I also struggled at first with finding a location as not many abattoirs where happy to have a camera crew near all of the raw meat in the room, but after vigorous searching I found an abattoir in Gomshall. They had all that we needed and were very happy to let us use their walk in freezer and exterior of the shop. In the actually filming of the thriller we all took turns doing the different rolls and camera man, sounds and continuity.
I feel we all worked effectively as a team, and had a close to fair share of responsibility. Therefore I am happy with the end result as it reflects the hard work and planning which was executed on the shooting day.