The document logs the filming process for a short horror film. It details the original filming schedule of October 28th with plans to shoot in darker conditions ideal for the horror genre. Filming of the first scenes began on the 28th but issues with natural lighting caused rescheduling to the 30th. Preparations were made for the final surprise party scene including creating a Facebook event to coordinate extras for October 31st. Props and location setup were also documented for the party scene. In conclusion, the filming process went mostly to plan with only one rescheduling needed to ensure proper lighting continuity.

1. Filming Process LOG.
This log aims to document how our production team set out to organise the filming process.
1st Instalment
The Film Schedule for 28/10/11
Our production team have decided to shoot our short film in a short time frame as to make sure that
natural surroundings do not change and create continuity error to our piece e.g. props in different
places in one scene to another, natural lighting changes creating the sense of a change of time when
a scene is being shot to look continuous etc. To do this we plan to film the whole piece on one day
following. Our film being a horror and based around the theme that someone is in the protagonist’s
house without his knowledge is to be filmed after 5.00pm, this being the time when surroundings
become darker and darkness being a major convention of this genre.
After speaking to our chosen actor to be the main character Sachin Chande, we plan to film on
28/10/11 starting at 4.00pm carrying on until completion of shooting.
I had previously taken all props needed for filming, e.g. suit for the male character and briefcase also
for this character 24/10/11 ready for shooting on the Friday.
The last scene of the film being the surprise party is planned to be filmed on the 31/10/11 allowing
us time during the day to set up the party scene to be ready to shoot in the early evening.
2nd Instalment
Filming Development
The setting for our film was a friend’s semi-detached house and we attempted to shoot our film at
an earlier time than planned being 11.00am. This time was more convenient for all the production
team and actors involved, however we found many problems due to this change from the original
time we had planned. The natural light which we were working against was a huge problem and
caused us to reschedule filming for another date. We tried to film in the hope that we could later
darken the scene through editing the lighting. Unfortunately the short parts we managed to shoot
such as hallway scenes with no windows and therefore not allowing any natural light into the shot
we realised would have slightly different lighting to other scenes if we filmed these at a later time.
We have come to the conclusion to filmat a later time than we had originally planned, the new date
being 30/10/11 to rule out this potential continuity error.

2. 3rd Instalment
The Film Schedule for 31/10/11
For the surprise party scene which would be filmed outside, I decided to organise the meeting of all
potential actors, I would create an event on facebook allowing me to see who was able to attend.
This screenshot shows the event
among many other events of mine
and shows the date of which we
plan to film this scene being
31/10/11.
This is the main page for the ‘Media Filming’ event. In the
description of the event I am briefly explaining the reason that
people are needed to be at the location. The location is not
present on the event and only the time as at this point the
production team are not entirely sure where this part will be
shot. The main information I plan to get from this invitation
form is how many people would be willing to attend as a lot of
people are necessary for this scene to seem realistic. We plan
to shoot a party scene therefore the space needs to look busy.

3. 4th Instalment
The set-up of the ‘Surprise’ scene
For the party scene I will need to set up a surprise party. I will buy all the typical props for this
including a cake, banners, balloons, party food and drinks etc. I shall also need to put up a gazebo
with tables and chairs as the scene will be shot outside and with this isolation of space we will be
able to use lighting in the shot such as a lamp centre piece for the table to light the area. As it
currently stands there are twenty three actors attending as extras along with our protagonist Sachin
Chande and the mystery stalker from the house played by Danielle Hopkins.
Review of filming process
I feel that the process of our shooting was quite successful and the difficulties that occurred were
dealt with succinctly. The filming process generally happened to plan apart from the lighting
problem which was found on 28/10/11 causing the rescheduling for 30/10/11.
The facebook event was a good way for me to keep track of who was attending the ‘surprise party’
scene as people can change their ‘attending’/‘maybe attending’/’not attending’ at any point up until
the date of the event.