Aice Media Studies (Production 3#)

 Again, Again, and Again! More Production Posts!

In this production post, I'll be highlighting the issues and obstacles that me and my group underwent this week for filming our project.

Not having the blood ready:

• Stupidly, this week when we decided to film on Wednesday, we didn't have the blood ready.
• Hannah didn't have any more fake blood from her Halloween costume, and I hadn't bought any. 
• Since we didn't have the blood ready we were unable to film a large majority of the films. Since our genre is horror, in addition to the dark atmospheres I try to convey and elaborate with techniques like low-key lighting, we wanted to add blood. For example, we wanted to add blood on items like the knife that would be shown at the beginning as it shows how both the father and mother had gotten out of a tiresome battle with the zombies before they'd climbed up through the window. 
• The blood is also used throughout the rest of the film on their arms to help solidify this opinion, but the main technique I want to use for the blood is splatter and puddles. I want to use splatter to show when the father and mother are getting eaten, and how the blood rushes through the air. I also want to include slowly growing puddles of blood to show detail in how gruesome these characters die, leaving audiences using imagery to depict the appearances of these carcasses. 
• I plan to buy this blood with my group at a Walmart or any other store to take pictures and film our process in buying this, and maybe to add it to a production blog in the future. 

This is what I have in mind for fake blood, nothing of thicker consistencies like ketchup.

Not planning the set correctly:

• Although this was kind of an issue, it was a very minor one. 
• in the storyboard, I'd drawn out and depicted the hallway as both sides being compete walls.
• Instead, when we actually went to film in person I'd been met with the realization that I'd drawn the landscape wrong, Instead one of the hallways was actually a complete wall, while the other in half like a view. 
• I'll show images to show what I mean.

• I think you can tell what I mean.
• As well as for some of the doors, I'd accidentally placed some bit more back, as well as missing some entirely.
• The landscape is similar, but different in their own ways which made it somewhat challenging to figure out how I wanted to play this out.
• In the end, when we actually filmed the scene of the zombie appearing, I filmed it with the same idea and still liked how it came out, even with these differences.
• The landscape and setting of the film a very important components in the process of the film as it help convey emotions, atmosphere, and vibe to the overall story you're trying to convey.
• I still like the hallway that I have at my disposal and still think I'll be able to complete this project with my group, with the exact same mindset I had beforehand.

These were really the only problems I had with trying to film this project on Wednesday, although the set change wasn't much of problems, the fact that we didn't have the blood prepared really cost us a delay in our production. From now on, I know I'll always have to be ready and can't push these key details aside.