The Filming Process

Before we could start any filming our group had to carry out a risk assesement, assessing potential signs of danger and how they can be measured to lower the possibilities.

Filming

Our group decided that we would film the opening sequence on 3 separate days during our week of filming, as filming all in one day would be too much hassle and organisation.

9th of March

On the Tuesday we began filming the isolated walk of the teenage character. The group decided to scrap a few ideas as we felt that they didnt flow smoothly with the storyline, but whilst filming, we used some creative flair and improvisation to help develop the storyline further. A majority of the filming was done by the new addition to the group Jordan Kennedy whilst Josh was directing shots and explaining how they should be constructed. The weather was bleak and grey, therefore conditions were perfect to help convey the cold atmosphere. A couple of shots had to be retaken, as props were out of place and were in the way of the shots. A slight error which we corrected. We also had to make sure the traffic was avoided at all costs as it would ruin the isolation.

11th of March

On the Thursday we gathered our group of zombies and began filming the chase. We decided to film the last section of the opening sequence as that was the only convenient time that the group could help filming after school hours. We found that assembling the group of zombies was harder than we first anticipated as it was a challenge to get them to organised in certain positions for various shots, but they did a great job after a few attempts despite the cold and harsh conditions. Again the weather was dull and grey, again perfect for the cold isolated atmosphere. Again shots didnt go according to plan but we used our creativity and improvisation to make the shots appear more technical. Josh and Jordan both played their parts in filming various shots on that day.

16th of March

The final day of filming came on the following week. We decided to do the most of the filming on this day as we all had the most spare time on our hands. We thought that we would have to work around each section we filmed the previous week more carefully as aspects that we filmed may have alternated. The conditions were brighter than we wanted, but we thought that this could show the passing of time through the day in our piece which could look effective. Josh and Jordan again swapped filming for various shots, as we had more time on our hands we thought we could make the shots more technical, which resulted to Josh's attempt to film the teenager walking across the bridge from a roundabout, again cleverly avoiding traffic and vehicles in the shots. Jordan played the part as the dead body and did a fantastic job. We were all very pleased when the filming was finished and we were all very excited about the prospect of editing the 10 minutes of footage we could play with.