Account of Shooting day

The group all met up in the morning in the edit suite. We got the equipment needed for our filming and printed out our shot list and our storyboards to bring with us. Once we all arrived we set off to Godalming to the butcher. Once we were there we started our shots which we planned to shoot in the butcher such as our actor walking into the butcher and then filming some of the meat in the back. We chose this butcher as a location as it had a fridge at the back which we thought could lead to the room set up in the studio. This was relatively easy as the people in the butchers did not get in the way and just acted normal doing their job so they did not care that there was filming happening around them. Once we had done all the shots we needed we went back to Hurtwood in the school van. We then had a short break and went straight into more shooting in the studio. We had to set up before we started filming which took some time such as getting the meat ready on the worktop for our actor to chop up and also making the poison (fake blood) which we made with ketchup, Worchester sauce and some water to make it less thick so it can go into the syringe and be injected into the meat. We had to film the shots numerous times to get it right which was useful for editing so we could choose which one was best to use. We followed the storyboard to film the rest of the shots needed in our thriller. It took us most of the day to film the shots in the end which is longer than it was intended to take us. We got all the shots done though so it was worth the time taken so we could edit it all properly. The shots worked out well especially the close ups of the meat as it looked very grosume as our actor was chopping them up and blood was coming out and going everywhere which helped build up the atmosphere and also the close up shots of the logo on the box which says "Farm Fresh Organic meat" which would be a shock for the audience to see the meat is being contaminated. The lighting worked really well in the studio as we made it dark with one light hanging which made the room look mysterious and creepy which therefore created the whole mood of the thriller.