Setting Up 

    For our film location, we had a very difficult time finding somewhere to film. Our intended location was a large, somewhat fancy house, and the room was intended to be somewhat large also, with hallways outside. This was intended to create some background for the character, without having to add extra dialogue. We felt that adding some extra dialogue wouldn't fit with the pace and the vibe we were going for. But this was somewhat hard to attain as a place to film, and we ended up using Sebastian's aunt's house to film. While completely adequate for filming, it was not really what we had in mind, but it was a great help that we were/are able to film there. One of the biggest issues that we have found is the natural lighting from the room is very strange and not really good for filming, so we had to play around to figure out ways to light the room, and specifically create the vibe we want. Our solution was to use a combination of a single lamp and phone flashlights, along with different materials to cover the lighting, in order to show certain aspects of the scene, and to make sure that everything is visible that we want, but at the same time create the darkness that we want throughout the scene. We also are able to use lighting from street lamps outside to create a sort of moonlight effect, along with phone flashlights to make it seem like more light was coming from the window. We also used blankets, sheets, and towels to shroud lighting and create different effects in the room. The primary example of this was to use a red blanket to cover the lamp and create a red light in the room before the person is killed. The use of red, symbolic for death, creates a creepy and ominous feeling in the shots, helping portray what we need.

(Here is the lamp that we used for lighting, along with the placing a red blanket over to create effects. More pictures will be posted in the next post, along with more discussion of our film process.)