Day One : Filming

Today we arrived at our filming location at 4.00pm and it appeared that the caravan which we planned to film in had been removed from the location. We were then very worried about where we would next film, however in the same field there were some abandoned stables, which had windows and doors and therefore appeared suitable for our criteria. Here is a picture of the stables:

Firstly we filmed our actress (Emily Coppen) jogging along a creepy lane, using mid-shots from front and behind, we found it fairly difficult to make sure that each shot flowed onto the next smoothly because she was moving. Overall we feel this part of filming went very well but we have not yet looked at the footage. We filmed each shot at least three times to ensure that we could get a perfect shot.
We then moved on to filming the stable and having Emily run past the stables, looking scared. We feel that this was the hardest part of filming because it was difficult to make her look scared but not have too much of a close up on her face. It was also difficult to create continuity here as she had to stumble a little and then keep running.
Next we had to film our actor (Nick Griggs) standing in the window, looking scary and mysterious. We did this using a zoom to close up shot, because it made the viewer feel uncomfortable of how close the camera got to the man in the window. We found this quite easy as our location was quite scary anyway and the shot worked well with the atmosphere.
Overall, we feel that the filming of day one went well, however we have not yet seen the footage! Also the weather was extremely cold, so we should plan to be more prepared for the cold on filming day 2.