Filming in Grindleford

We originally planned to film on the Friday a week ago but when we were waiting at the train station for our actress, Lucy, she arrived with only 2 minutes until the train departed and therefore we missed it. Due to the next one being late afternoon we had to cancel filming as our scenes would look too dark and had to contact Brian to cancel the filming shoot, which we were quite annoyed about due to the deadline approaching quickly.

However, the actors still had trouble with availability at the same time so we had to rewrite the script and alter the narrative to feature a female kidnapper and no colleague at the end of the film. We also changed the part including a car and Jess being knocked out so decided to have her drink spiked by the female worker so that she falls into unconsciousness.

Lucy is playing our female lead: Jess.

Zoe is playing our female kidnapper/killer: Rachel

We took a morning train to make sure it wasn't dark lighting at Grindleford and we were lucky enough to have a bright, clear day apart from a few moments of hailstone but they occurred after we finished filming for a few minutes. Overall the filming that day went very successful! We arrived late morning/early afternoon and walked to the location that the others had spotted on the recce shoot where there was quite a big tree; where Jess would wake up from her unconsciousness. Due to the roles being shared we decided to film a scene or two each and Alex was the first to film the scenes where Jess wakes up. He filmed this in a few close up shots as well as wide shots, as we wanted to include a variety of angles in our finished piece. I took on the role of sound recorder for a few scenes and allowed me to strengthen my skills with the Zoom, as it was an area I had previously felt less confident in. For the close up of Jess laying on the floor, her fingers were filmed close up to show her purple nail varnish; which was the specific colour that she wears that signifies [-----l.

Hannah was the next one to film the scenes of Rachel looking at Jess from behind a tree. She used a shoulder rig to create smooth shots and this scene featured Rachel's hand being seen; where the camera was behind the character and another scene shot from Rachel's point of view. This is to comply with one of the module's requirements to include point of view. This was also to create tension as Jess is unaware of the character's whereabouts at this point. We also see the bright/yellowy green nail varnish Rachel wears, the other colour to signify her character as jealous; something we researched while creating the characters.

Sarah filmed the next scenes when we see Jess walking around her surroundings, through the trees and up a hill; where in the edit we will see Rachel's character walking behind her but when Jess turns around her character has disappeared; creating mystery and drama.

I filmed the moment when Jess was face to face with Rachel and used to shoulder rig to film from behind Jess' shoulder, moving backwards as she did to signify the weakness compared to Rachel's dominating character. It took a few attempts to film while walking backwards as the floor had many rocks and logs that caused me to fall over but we got there in the end! I got used to the shoulder rig as it was new for me and I also filmed parts of the fight scene between the two characters.

As we were leaving to catch the train back to Sheffield, Alex filmed some wide shots of the location and one of them would be used for the moment Jess wakes up  in a haze. We also wanted to take advantage of the beautiful scenery in the clear weather while we could. Overall it was a very successful day as we managed to film everything we wanted in around 3 hours with no problems at all.


Unfortunately I was unable to attend the filming day for the office scenes however it went successfully for the rest of the group and there were no major problems at all throughout the day.