Filming

The filming of our movie opening was a very difficult process as our plot idea required an abandoned building which for some reasons we tried to created in our very busy school. Therefore most of our filming had to be done in the late evening after school hours.

Another challenge was the time period we decided to set it in. We decided to set our movie opening in the 1950s. This was very hard to create as our school is old but with many advancements to it, such as bright electric lights, fire alarms, modern fire extinguishers etc.

We filmed i tin many different locations within our school. As the cameraman I spent most of my days at school when walking from lessons looking around and noting in my head possible filming locations.

The first scene in the opening was filmed in a corridor just on the inside of our main school building. We planned the timing of this scene to perfection as there was almost no noise and no interruptions so this scene was very easy to film. The second scene was filmed in an office through the door and the end of the corridor which we see in the first scene. This second scene was very easy to film as I decided on a single position for the camera to stay in. Unfortunately the camera got knocked a bit in between filming two separate parts of the same scene and so there is a strange jump cut within the scene where the camera position has obviously changed.

Within the second scene there is a flashback showing two men walking down a set of stairs. This set of stairs is at the front of our schools main building. We got lucky when filming this scene as there is usually a steady flow of people coming in and out of the doors at the top of the stairs. I decided to put the camera in a central position to try and frame the shot at the same time as showing off the grandeur of the building.

The next scene is of the detective coming to the entrance of the asylum