Shooting the Trailer: Step Three

Today was the day of the shoot and we brought in a load of props and costumes. We decided that the mise-en-scene is an important part of expressing character. We used a wig, glasses, tie and blazer for the nerd costume and for that chav-tastic girl look heavy makeup, big hoop earings, slick back hair, tracksuit trouser's.

Props and costume list

• Wig
• Glasses
• Hoop Earings
• Make-up
• Tie
• Blazer

Designing a shooting schedule was very useful in the planning for the shooting of the teaser trailer. We filmed our interview's first as it was the easiest to film because it was in the drama studio. This introduces the character's straight away to the audience. The audience is given some information but must use some of their own imagination to develop the characters and what might what happen in the film.

We then found an outside location that suited the atmosphere we wanted: dingy, dark, woodland area.

We then set out to finish the rest of the filming that day. We filmed about 10 minutes of footage overall using a range of shot lengths and type. We filmed most of the shots twice to capture exactly what we wanted. We also used different levels as well by using an upper level of a tree to film from almost birds eye view.

The shoot was great fun and I hope that we got all shots that we need. We looked through the rushes a couple of times and we think we are good to go for the edit.