On the first day of filming in the forest, the film crew encountered some challenges with the location. They had to decide where to film among the large forest and note hazards during their initial walkthrough. When filming, they struggled to hang the rope for the scene but eventually completed it. The makeup artists practiced and then assisted in applying makeup for the scene. Some problems included forgetting props and changing lighting. The dense trees also required careful camera placement. However, they were able to identify lessons to improve planning and filming of future scenes.

1. Filming Diary – Day One – Forest Scene
This PowerPoint will explain what happened, what
problems we faced and how we overcame them on the
first day of filming at the forest.

2. In the morning of the 6th of March 2013,
Rosie and Ellie preformed a walkthrough of the
location that we will be filming in later in the day.
As the weather hadn’t been too great in the
previous days, there were a lot of puddles and
slippery mud around. We realised that the location
was very large so we had to decide as a pair where
we were going to film so we didn’t waste time later.
We also had to note down where we would be able
to hang the rope. We added all of the hazards we
came across to our risk assessment for that
location. Only one of the group was absent from
filming this day because of personal reasons.

3. When the rest of the group left school, we walked to
Rosie’s house so our actor (Ginny) could get changed into her
costume. After that we made our way to our location. We took
the props and makeup with us and also the camera. When we
arrived at the part of the location we first aimed to film at, we
realised that it would be harder than we originally thought. We
spent quite a while trying to get the rope hooked over the tree
and making it look like a proper noose. After a while, some of
the group went off to try and find another tree that may be
easier to get the rope over. After we managed to get the rope
over the tree, we had to work out where to stand when
shooting, what will get in our way and if it would work or not.
Whilst Rosie filmed the first scene with Ginny, Ellie and Amber
went off and practiced the makeup on each other to see what
looked best. Once the first few shots were filmed, Amber and
Ellie applied the makeup to Ginny, allowing us to film the rest of
the scene. When filming the rest of the scene, Amber and Ellie’s
input really helped towards what shots to do and where to stand
and what looks best.

4. We did encounter some problems on the day of
filming such as forgetting to find certain props, what time
we could do it so the lighting wouldn’t change in the
middle of filming like it started to get dark. There were a
lot of hazards that we didn’t recognise on our first walk
through as well, meaning we had to clear them first
before we could even start shooting. Obviously in a
forest, there are a lot of trees, meaning we had to be
really specific to where we placed the camera when
shooting certain parts. We did take a few different shots
from different angles to see what looked better plus we
took shots from both sides of the hill. We specifically had
to make sure that we didn’t get the noose in the shot
until Ginny become possessed otherwise that would ruin
the whole shot.

5. From filming the first scene, we were able to identify that it
would be quicker and easier to plan out what shots to do and
where the actor was going to be and what she was doing at a
certain time. This would make it quicker to film and we
wouldn’t have any problems as we knew what was happening
and for the main part of it, we didn’t have to wait around we
could just get on and film it. When it came to filming some
different shots just in case, it turned out that we needed to use
some of them because the continuity in the actual scene didn’t
really match up. This really helped us identify what we needed
to improve and change when it comes to filming the following
scenes.