Following my shooting schedule, I dedicated my first filming session to only the shots including the props and set. By doing this, it would give me time to set up the room and see if I needed to alter and any shots or add/remove props and set.

The day before I started filming, I took photos of this old shed outside of the Sixth Form block, because I thought that the muted colours and tears gave a very uncanny feeling, which I wanted for my film. As well as this, in my film opening, the torn wallpaper is very significant because it symbolises the female character being "free".

PROBLEMS AND CHANGES

For my first filming session, I intended to only film the scenes without my actors so that I had time to set up. For my wallpaper, I wanted to use the wood print underneath the tracing paper, then tear up parts from it to reveal the print underneath. However, there was not enough of the wood print and the entire wall needed to be covered. As well this, when I put it up - with help from Gabrielle - the outcome did not look creepy enough.

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Therefore, I decided to use the black wallpaper and tear up pieces, and also add some lines or marks to indicate the female character "scratching" the wallpaper off. However, after tearing up sections from it, I realised that the paper look lifted, as the was a shadow, thus making it look obvious that I have just stuck a sheet of paper. Moreover, when I filmed the shot panning to the right, showing the torn wallpaper, that black wallpaper did not look nice, as I could not distinguish what it was because of the lighting that was used.

I decided to abandon the black wallpaper, because I plan to film most of the scenes in low-key lighting, and if I used black wallpaper, it would not be seen. To counteract this problem, I came across this video which shows me how to achieve the torn/distressed look of the wall paper. I thought this technique was perfect because it meant that I did not have to use rolls of paper and tear them, which would be a waste. As well as this, the process of this technique is much simpler and quicker as I do not have to put up sheets of paper around the room I am filming in.

Video from YouTube. Alternative link, in case the video does not work.