Our first day of filming

On the left is the room we decided to film our police interview in at Long Road College

Today we began filiming our thriller opening. We completed our police interview scene, filming in a spare room at Long Road College, as it looks similar to a police questioning room. So the location reflected dark feel of the scene, it was dimly lit. The main character Michael - played by James Seymour - was seen to be under pressure and on the spot by our lighting was a single table lamp. In addtion, the lamp it shining directly at him, much like a spotlight. This shows the viewer Michael is isolated and is the focus in the scene. It also reflects the pressure that is on Michael, as he is the only witness of the murder of his close friend, and is forced to remember any traces of evidence.

We also captured plently of footage using a mixture of shot types throughout the scene. We took large amounts of film so that we are able to edit it later and have a wide range of shots to work with. As he is the director of our project, Danny Chiverton wrote up a shot list to make sure he could get all the types of shots he wanted. Additionally, by working through Danny's storyboard, we could ensure we stuck to the narrative and the actors - Jonny Hucker and James Seymour - were aware of what was required. We found it was useful to have a set plan of what we wanted to film and what the actors were required to do. Futhermore, we were able to experiment with other shots which we felt at the time were useful for the project.

The dialogue was used to set up the narrative of the thriller by making the the story and the mystery of the film known, which is a common feature of thrillers. The script, written by Jonny Hucker, establishes the story by highlighting Michael's amnesia and the stuggle for him to remember an unkown killer. Michael displays confusion under questioning to show he is suffering memory loss. The objective of Jonny's script was to drop hints to the viewer of what the mystery of the thriller is. This was achieved by emotive acting from James, making it clear that Michael truely can't recall the incident. Michael's stuggle is revealed when the detective says he is the suspect of the murder, followed by James preaching his innocene. This forms the mystery of our thriller.

Collectively we feel that our first day of shooting went well. We are confident we will now be bale to move on to film our other scenes before the deadline. We next plan to shoot the murder scene and the scene at the train station.

Jonny Hucker, James Seymour, Danny Chiverton