We have now one all our filming, and are currently in the process of editing them. During the filming i have taken some pictures to show what props we used during the filming, and what the location looked like. I have taken more pictures with the first crime scene than the second. The reason for this is because all the things we used for crime scene one we also used for crime scene two.
Crime scene 1
The first of our crime scenes was filmed in a field, right next to the woods. We thought this is a realistic place for a murder to happen, and so we had to make sure that we picked a good field. And we were able to do this, and it was the one which i have previously talked about in this blog. The props we used was the police tape, and a body bag. The body bag was to small for the body, and so what we had to do, was make it look as though it had been opened up by a police man. Another change we had to do was that, instead of having an actual body in the crime scene when the main character was there, we decided to take photos of them instead of filming. This way it would have been more realistic.
The picture show some of the stuff that we worked with. We has our own police tape and our own body bag. The police tape is real because it was from the police station and the body bag did look similar to an actual body bag, and so didn't make it look unrealistic. We are also pleased with the fake blood for our mise en scene, because it really does look like blood. The ingredients we used to make the fake blood was, golden syrup, red food colouring, and Nesquik. The Nesquik was to add thickness to the blood and it really helped. As you can see it looks real and that is what we wanted to achieve. In terms of location it looks appropriate and doesn't make the story seem unrealistic.
Crime scene 2
The other crime scene was the stone poles which was next to the beach. The reason why we chose this is because we wanted to have somewhere which was in the middle of nowhere, and we thought this would be a good place to show this. We also thought that it would be good to show a horrible murder next to a beautiful bit of art to show juxtaposition. The props we used for scene were exactly the same for scene two, however we did use a luminous jacket to put on one of our actors. We also made sure that they wore appropriate clothes (they are wearing a suit).
This pictures shows the location that we used and the background. We think it is good and doesn't make the movie seem unrealistic. It also shows the jacket which we used for the actor to wear to show that he is part of the police. We are happy with how the filming went, and in the background you can see Dan who used the camera. We had to film this part on different days, because on one day Dan was the body.
