Diary of a Day Filming

We spent one day filming in our chosen location outside Megan and Jody's houses. Admittedly, we weren't fully prepared, as although we had remembered all the props, costumes and everything we needed, we were not exactly sure of our locations. Megan's Mum's house and Dad's house are within a short drive from eachother, as well as the option of Jody's house, so we decided to try out different settings from what was available and decided what would look best. In the end, we used Megan's Dad's car and Megan's Dad's study/spare room. We were happy with our choice as the room was red which is symbolic of danger and was a great contrast with the white costume. We were also undecided on where to take our poster shot but fortunately Megan knew the area well and we found a small isolated forest which fitted well and made the building blocks props look really good and they stood out well.

In terms of shooting, first we did the pale make-up and put Jody's hair in neat bunches as well as putting Jody into her costume. We then decided to get the poster shot done while her make-up and hair was made up in the right way. We found the nearby forest location we wanted to use and got Jody and the teddy bear into the position we wanted. We then placed the building blocks into the scene closer to the camera and layed them out wonky. We think this effect worked really well and the title really stands out. We also liked how Jody looked in this shot as you can tell she is isolated and alone, which is what we wanted to portray within the opening.

We then shot the first scene which was the car crash. We got Megan's Dad to drive into a nearby lay-by where passing cars could be seen. We hoped this would make it look more realistic like the car was moving for the crash. We then went back to make the blood and paint it on Jody as well as messing up her bunches and then returning to shoot the aftermath of the car crash scene.

Then we redid the bruises and blood onto Jody and messed up her hair even more to shoot in our second location; Megan's Dad's study. We moved a few things around so the room looked empty and talked Jody through the kind of things she needed to do, for example; hugging Bernard the teddy bear and then throwing him to the side and stacking the building bricks and then knocking them down.

Lastly, we helped Jody to put her red contact lenses in for us to shoot the last shot; an extreme close up of her eyes opening.

We then checked back over some of the footage to make sure we had everything we needed. We had made sure to film everything multiple times over in different angles etc. to make sure it would look ok when editing. So only when we felt confident we had everything we needed we finished shooting.