What a Rush!

On the Last day of filming Me and the Crew had to re-film everything because of very unreliable actors.

I had to offer payment to Phil Lee, The actors we got to step in for the part of Ian. Which was a Godsend considering he was the best out of the 3 Ians that was casted.


Here's the Rough Cut

Edited This From 9-3:30am

The Sample Posters

Make Up for the Priest's Death

First we had to stick the scar we had bought onto Aaron's neck by using Liquid Latex.

We then added foundation on the scar so that it would blend in with Aaron's neck.

To cover the patch around the scar we also had to apply fake blood all around it so it would look real.

Lastly we applied a more runny type of blood created by maple syrup and red dye to give the effect that the blood is pouring out from Aaron's neck like it would if someone had really slit his neck. The only problem was that the blood would stain the carpet flooring, so we found an old rug that would match the carpet colour so that it wouldn't look out of place and we wouldn't ruin the carpet flooring.

Hannah's Make Up

In order to make our film look as scary as possible for our audience watching we had to make sure the make up we applied on our characters looked believable and realistic. After getting the right equipment, a layer of laytex so we could get a more wrinkly look to Hannah’s face and allow the wax being later applied to stick better. Next three strips of wax were rolled into sausage like shapes then placed on Hannah's face. The edges of the wax had to be rubbed into the skin so that the scars would be able to blend in with the whole face. After small slits in the wax were added where the fake blood would be applied, so the audience can easily tell they were scars/cuts. Later white cream was mixed with some powdered foundation in order for the face not to look pale. While applying the make up we had to be careful to not get too much make up on the scars, otherwise there was a high chance they could fall off. After covering the whole face and neck with the cream make up, it was turn for the eye shadow. In order to get a good effect black and a hint of purple eye shadow were mixed to make it look like she has been possessed. Next a light black eye shadow was applied to show her cheek bones. An even more fainter shade of black was added to parts of her face so it looked like she hadn't washed her face. Finally, Hannah wore a bald cap so that the wig could be placed on her head. 

Location Shots

 

For our film to be successful, we needed a scary, believable location where an exorcism could take place. We decided to use Arjun's house as it is on the Corner of a road making it look that its on its own, followed by some creepy looking bushes on the corner to create a scary and eerie atmosphere for the audience watching.

 

The drive way, gave us a great idea to reveal the priest slowly and not show his face using close ups of his feet and hand knocking on the door. Doing this helped emphasise to the audience the great importance of the character and also to keep the audience intrigued.

This location is where Jenna is crying being comforted by her step son Ian and also where Ian has a short conversation with the priest before they both heads up stairs.

For shooting the scene where Ian and the priest walk up stairs we had to move the photo at the top as it was a religious picture and would get in the way of a few different shots. This scene allowed us to take advantage of both high and low angle shots keeping the film more interesting for the audience watching.

This is where we filmed the exorcism of Mary, as you can see we had to make massive changes to Arjun’s room to make it look as if it was an 18 year old girl’s room, so we had to change the bed sheets as a girl wouldn’t have blue colour sheets.  We also had to be careful in not getting the toy cupboard in the shots of our film and also clear the remaining toys on the floor (yes he still plays with toys).

Risk Assessment

Date	Location	Potential risk / hazard	Level of risk   (L/M/H)	Action needed to minimise risk
14/10/2011	Road	Blinding drivers with the lights when filming.	M	Point the lights down when drivers are near and driving past.
21/10/2011	Stairway	Fall down the stairs whilst filming.	M	Take care when filming near the stairs and walk slowly when walking up them.
22/10/2011	Bedroom	Aaron injuring himself when falling on the floor for the scene when he gets killed.	M	Make sure he falls on something soft that will break his fall.
14/10/2011 15/10/2011 21/10/2011 22/10/2011	Bedroom/Outside	Getting burnt by the lights when filming/acting near them.	L	Take care when near the lights and switch them off when not in use.
21/10/2011 22/10/2011	Bathroom	Cast getting an allergic reaction from the make up.	L	Ask the cast if they are allergic to anything before applying the make up on them.
14/10/2011	Outside	Tripping over the extension cables.	L	Ensure that the extension cables are out the way.
14/10/2011	Outside	Getting hit by a car whilst filming on the road.	L	Make sure someone is watching both sides of the road whilst filming.
22/10/2011	Bedroom	Aaron/Ruth getting cut by the knife when filming.	M	Taking extreme care when filming with the knife.
21/10/2011 22/10/2011	House	A fire starting caused by the lights.	L	Make sure everyone knows all the exists in the house.

Target Audience

It is very important to know the target audience of your short film as it will help to decide what content to include in your short film for example a younger audience may enjoy pacer editing styles than older audiences to create suspense and tension where as older audiences may enjoy a slower editing pace. The target audience for our short film Camilla would be targeted at a niche audience having the demographics of ages 25-40 year olds, the ratio 65:35 male to female, social class A and B and having the psychographics of explorers and succeeders. The reason we chose to target our film at this particular audience is because this typical audience is more intellectual and would rather watch short films because of the time it would take to watch a feature length film, as it would be much shorter. The typical area our target audience would live at is in suburban areas and because of there are not many cinemas near to them in this area they tend to watch short films which are easily accessible online. Our short film is mainly targeted at males rather than females as horror films tend to contain a lot of violence which females would not really be enticed when watching a film.

Our film could be featured on a channel such as film4 because they have segments after their nine O’clock showing which either features a small interview about an up coming film or a short film, at this time 25-40 year olds would be our target audience because this is the time this age group tends to watch TV. Our film would also appeal to 20-35 year old aspiring directors at film festivals who would like to take our film further and develop it into a full-length feature film. Our target audience is also backed up by statistics of gender and age shown below of short horror films found on YouTube which show that the horror genre is most popular with males ageing between 25-54 year olds.

Shooting Schedule

14th of October 6pm-10pm (Outside Scene/Lounge Scene)

6pm-7pm Costume Fittings, Make – up.

7pm-7:45pm Rehearsals

7:46-8pm Quick Break

8pm – 9:55pm Filming

10pm Wrap up

16th of October 5pm-10pm (Lounge Scene/Bedroom Scenes)

5pm-6pm Costume fittings, make up

6pm-9:55pm Filming

10pm Wrap up

21st of October 7pm – 11pm (Bedroom Scenes)

7pm-8pm Make up and Costume Fittings

8pm-10:55pm Filming

11pm Wrap up

22nd of October 5pm – 10pm (Bedroom Scenes)

5pm-6pm Make up/ Costume fitting

6pm-9:55pm Filming

10pm Wrap up

Shopping!

For my project alot of make up will be used to capture this effect : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dOH7ON893jY

Checklist:

Modelling Scar wax - CHECK

Liquid Latex  -CHECK


Scar kit - CHECK


Foundation/eyeliner - CHECK

Blood - CHECK

Baby Powder. - CHECK

Black Cake Icing -