Before this shoot we arranged for Rebecca to pick up one of our actors after school had finished and for them to arrive on set at 15:45. When they arrived, they changed into their costumes and make up. Kaitlyn Knight's costume proved difficult as it included a contact lens, and Kaitlyn had not worn contact lenses before, so it took a lot of time to put the lens in.
We did not film the first scene on the call sheet, as it was too dark outside by the time our actors were ready. We decided that, with the footage we had already filmed on previous shoots, we had enough footage for our trailer without filming that scene, and it would not be worth bringing our actors back to our location just to film one scene.
The first scene we filmed, second on the call sheet, was problematic as it featured a part where we had to drop a ribbon into shot to show that the ghost character was behind our protagonist. We had to get one of our crew, Hannah, to stand on a chair off camera and drop the ribbon into shot, but we could not get a shot where the ribbon fell naturally, so we had to make do without this shot. We decided that showing our antagonist walk behind the protagonist was enough for our trailer, but if we were shooting for a real feature length film we would have had to have found a way to get a good shot with the ribbon.
The next scene on the call sheet also posed a challenge, as our actor Kaitlyn had to walk down the corridor as someone turned the lights on and off from outside the corridor, meaning she had to move in time with the lights, so this required several takes to get right.
Overall, this shoot went well and we are confident that we now have all the footage we need to complete our trailer.
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