Filming - The Third Day

On the Third Day of filming, the idea was to not only finish our Final Production in terms of footage before editing, but also to clear up and re-shoot any scenes which we felt needed perfecting. Therefore, this time around, as we had Ian, we initially decided to finish the final scene in the shower, which acts as the climax to our sinister production. We managed to bring together several important aspects of the filming during this final day, which we're glad of how they came out. At first, Ian had to lie back in the shower, as if he had been murdered. We then had to make convincing blood, and for this we used tomato sauce (yes, that old chestnut) watered down, in order to get the consistency right. Though red food dye may have worked better for the job, we felt that it would be a risk to get it near clothes, as it would most certainly dye the material of Ian's shirt and jeans if he was to come into contact with the mixture. The final appearance of the blood is not without fault, but it serves the purpose well, and we're glad of how it came out for the brief period of time where it was in shot.

During this scene, we also added the clip, which we hadn't originally planned, where John is assaulted as he investigates the body. There are clips throughout the production hinting at the murderer still being within the building, though initially we had only planned on the murderer's hand coming into contact with the bloody palm on the glass of the shower, rather than a full frontal attack. However, during filming we came to the conclusion that a more dramatic effect would be had if John was assaulted just as he watches Ian's body, which we found worked rather well in the context of the production. The lights go out and John has a towel thrown over his head, which flows into the credits and a blur of white noise, which finishes off the climactic scene well.

That same day, we also finished off and repeated several scenes that we had filmed the previous days which we weren't completely happy with, and we took advantage of the time at our disposal to add some neat affects. One was the scene with me and Ellis outside - which we later dubbed with speech - acting as the detectives investigating the murder of our colleague, which ends nicely with a sweeping cut of the curtain falling in front of the camera. Another shot which we added at this point was the complex shot with Ellis in the mirror, moving away when John walked in front of his silhouette, and though this shot took a long time to get right, we're glad with how it ultimately came out. In all, we were proud of our progress across the three days, and the fact that we stuck to the brief we had made ourselves (to have finished filming in three days), and the only task left to do was to begin the editing - a challenge that we found would be more complex, yet far more rewarding than we had thought.