Filming

We filmed our trailer in January and early February. To get all the shots and footage we wanted we had to film on several different days. On a couple of days our filming wasn't so successful as we left it to late and the camera was unable to pic up any movement or some shots very clearly. this meant we had to come back another evening in order to try and capture our shots at the right time when there was enough light to film, but still dark enough to give a creepy feel to our trailer. Luckily when we did get the timing right the conditions for filming were perfect as there was a low lying mist surrounding the forest which was ideal for establishing shots and added another typical horror element to our trailer. Here are some shots of us filming for our trailer.

This picture shows the low angle long-shot we used to show the car braking down in the forest. the long shot shows that they are in a woodland area and also shows that they are not on a road and are away from civilisation. This helps give the sense of being lost and alone. We choose the low angle shot as it makes the trees in the background look bigger and daunting.

One of our shots involved swinging an axe attached to a piece of rope from an over hanging branch whist one of the characters was walking thorough the forest looking for help. This shot took several attempts to get the timing right so that the axe swung just after our character (Rosie) walked under the branch. We also had to ensure than neither me or the excess rope was visible in the shot.

This picture shows the camera set up on the tripod ready to film the swinging axe shot. Again this shot was a low angle long shot. The long shot was required in order to fit everything in and the low angle seemed to work best as it made the trees and the axe look bigger and also captured more sky which helped show up the axe best.

Here is Rosie setting up the camera on the tripod for a shot of the teenagers walking through the forest looking for help.

This shows us about to film a close up shot of one of the characters being choked with an axe. We used an over the shoulder close-up to make it seem as if it was from the killers perspective and to sow the expressions of the victim.

When it came to editing however we decided not to use this shot as we didn't want to reveal to much in the trailer and thought it would be better if we left the victims death as a mystery so that hopefully more people would be enticed to see the film.

This shows me (Jack) filming a hand held point of view shot showing the creepy deserted hut found in the forest whilst looking for help. The shaky hand held shot shows it from the characters POV and adds a feeling of panic and anxiety to show how scared the characters are. The pan shows the content of the hut (pots ,pans and lit candles) this shows that the teenagers are not alone in the forest and finding help might not be the most of their worries.