Thriller Filming - Day 4

The 4th day of filming included the remaining shots, which were the Detective running through the forest whilst being pursued by the Shades, an encounter with the Shade and then the Detective stumbling into a field where he is confronted and cornered before the end of the action.

For this section we required all three of the Shades: Nathan, who we had previously used on Day 2 and Day 3 of filming, as well as Josh and Elliott. All of these actors had similar builds and so when dressed similarly in the dark they would appear the same.

We slightly changed the planning edit in this section by removing the transition from the urban area to the forest area. We thought this could easily be achieved by using a flashback, and then suddenly the action is in a different location - this would help to induce confusion in the audience and maintain the fast pace we desire in our opening sequence. This also allowed for more time to be spent in the forest or for the confrontation scene. We managed to get a variety of shots in the forested area which we are very happy with, however we need to review the footage in lesson to see if there are any scenes we need to re-do before our deadline due to brightness or maybe the action in the shots. Despite this we have enough footage to get a rough idea/edit of our thriller opening sequence and can focus more now on the other elements that will make up the sequence.