Account of shoot day...

We filmed our thriller on Wednesday 26th January. The thing we did first was setting up the set to make it look like what we wanted and most importantly make it look suitable for are thriller. After doing this we then thought about where the tracks for the tracking shot were going to be place so it would look good in the best possible way. After doing this we ran through the shot a couple of times to see if it would work.

The set ended up looking very similar to our original ideas and matched our drawings of the set, in our storyboard and other plans. We tried to make it look like there was a stage coming off from the main stage and that it was quite chaotic backstage with sound engineers and lighting crew moving equipment backstage. Also costume designers there choosing which outfits for the stars to wear. We scattered a lot of random props everywhere to make the scene look realistic and to create an atmosphere, thing such as guitars, flight cases, monitors, drinks and a seating area for the rockers to relax after performing. All of these props together reinforce the fact that it is a typical backstage area where the rock stars are off guard and relaxing.

Our plan was to use about 10 actors, to create chaos and disorder that you expect to see backstage at a gig. On the day of filming we used 12 actors who all had specific parts to create the setting and atmosphere. We had lingerers, groupies, managers, sound engineers, lighting crew, drunken people, costume designers, photographers and journalists.

After all of this was done we then had to make sure that the dolly was fitted properly and that it all ran smoothly and that there were no collisions. There was only one problem which was that one of the areas in the scene on camera was too dark and you couldn’t see what was going on. This was sorted by adding an extra light.

We had to do eight shots to try and capture the perfect secne. We smashed a glass bottle without anyone knowing at the end of the shot where we were going to put the non-digetic sound of the gun shot. We did this so we would get a more realistic reaction for when we put the gun shot in.