Re filming

Last night we filmed all of our film again and this time it only took us an hour and a half, which is a complete contrast to Friday when it took us 3 hours! This time, filming was much smoother and definitely less stressful and I enjoyed it more. I am really pleased with how the film has come out and I am pleased that we all worked better together this time which is why we was able to film so quickly. All that we have to do now is three more shots, one point of view shot of the knife, one close up on a picture and a close up on Michaela screaming.

The shots that I thought were really good was an extreme close up on the knife covered in 'blood' and it showed the blood dripping off the knife. This looked really effective because it was implying horror and it showed the fact that Michaela had just been 'murdered'. What also looked really good was a mid shot of 'Jack the Ripper' holding a knife and following Michaela and as Michaela walked past the camera, he followed her and there was a slight glint on the knife which looked very effective and it was just by luck. When we filmed inside the conference room all the shots were effective when he circled and crossed the pictures with 'blood', this again implied horror. However, we did have some difficulties with this as we hadn't pinned Michaela's picture properly, so when the actor playing 'Jack', went to circle it, the picture moved with his finger so we had to re shoot it. I thought the fact that it was an over shoulder shot also looked good because we are still keeping him mysterious and secretive.

When we filmed 'Jack the Ripper' about to 'murder' Michaela we used a high angle shot which really worked well because it made Michaela look very vulnerable. We used an extreme close up on 'Jack's' eyes when he watches Michaela walking away, which looked good on the camera and it made it look scary. We also did an extreme close up of his feet when he is about to walk after her and we hope this will draw attention to him and build dramatic tension. We have shots of lampposts which looks really good in the dark, especially when he hides behind one of them when Michaela turns around, he blends into it.