The first scene that we filmed was inside the girls(Paige's) home. The house that we used belonged to The Gendall's, and we gained written permission to use and film in their house.
We decided to use this house because it is a normal house, so most people would not expect anything unusual to happen inside of it. Also, the character the Paige played seemed to be a normal person, so you would not expect anything unusual to happen to her either. She is simply reading a magazine, and when she hears some sharp knocking on her front door, she puts her phone down and walks to the front door. We put emphasis on her putting down her phone, because that would give her a sense of helplessness later on in the film, as she is running without any form of contact with anybody else.
We filmed quite a few shots of Paige walking to the front door, from different angles, so then we have more of a choice and variety if during editing, we don't like some of the shots we took, or if a shot is wrong. Also this gives us the capability to have the walking sequence in several different shots, and editing them together accordingly, making sure that the continuity is accurate.
We also included Paige opening the door when she gets to the end of the corridor, and a POV shot of her opening the door. With both shots we can leave the shot change until you see her reaching for the door, creating a more interesting sequence for the simple action of opening the door. The POV shot also included looking out of the door and then seeing that there is no-one standing outside. To make this more interesting, we also filmed a shot from the outside, through a bush looking at Paige opening the door, to create a sense of tension and also give the impression that she is being watched.
We then filmed Paige closing the door and hearing a noise from behind her, so going to investigate. This involves walking down the same corridor, so we filmed more than one shot of this as well, so we can get some variety into the shot, to avoid mistaking tension building, for boring action.
We filmed a series of shots of Paige walking all the way through to the backdoor, and then filmed a POV shot of someone walking up behind her. Paige was stood by the open backdoor, and the shot comes up close to the back of her head, and as the person reaches her, she quickly turns around to look straight into the camera. We also included a heavy, raspy breathing. James filmed this shot, so also did the breathing, so the breathing, accurately sounds like the shot is from somebody's point of view.
After this, we started to film the shots outside, of Paige running down the pathway. It was filmed a bit later than we expected to, so we had to try and improvise with the lighting that we had. It also started raining, so we had to use an umbrella to make sure that the camera or the lens didn't get wet. To get more light, we had to use the light attachment for the camera, so the you could see what was directly in front of the camera. This could add a good effect of disorientation.
We then went to film in the church. We got all the lighting how we wanted it, and then started film. We filmed all the shots that we wanted, playing with the lighting each time, if we wanted it slightly different, so that we could see the object or person. For example, the shot the is from behind the killer, but also including Paige in the distance next to the knife (foreground). In this particular shot, you couldn't see the knife properly with the lighting that the church provided, so we put the camera attachment below the knife, which gave an unusual lighting angle, allowed you to see the knife, but not the killer, and you could still see Paige in the distance. This gave a feeling of tension, and mystery. You begin to sympathize with the girl, in that you know that someone is watching her, but she doesn't. You worry for her safety, and want to know if she okay, which therefore makes you want to watch the rest of the film.
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