Pre-Production & Funding

“What do you mean we’re getting blood on my carpet?”

Our shooting schedule will happen all in one day because of how busy both Sitara and I are. If anything were to go awry, then we can always re-shoot the little scenes we need, but we’re hoping the bulk of our shooting can get done in the time frame that we’ve set. Our only issue would be to get Thomas at the same place again, so we’ll be sure to over-shoot if anything were to go wrong.

The hallway
The main area

On Friday February 22nd, we will shoot at 3:30 at our high school for however long we need with our two detectives, Rebecca and Thomas. Once we shoot what we feel is enough for our film, we will move locations to Sitara’s house which is the scene of the crime.

The Future Bloody Desk
The Area Where the Victim Will Be

We are shooting out of order just because our evidence would need to be seen in a darker setting to give off that mysterious sort of vibe that we want. That will take place at 6:30 pm so we have enough time to set up and get our mise en scene and be able to shoot everything we can. We are shooting the evidence in her room so we have a secluded, personal space to the victim so she’s truly vulnerable and she’s killed in a place she’s most familiar with. It’s also small enough for us to capture every part of the room that we need. The simple decor of the room also keeps the focus on the evidence and the dead body rather than shift the audiences’ attention to something else in the room.

Sitara’s iPhone
The back

We’re using two different types of cameras; an iPhone’s camera and a Sony camera. We also might have to edit in some stuff in post, and I will either be using Adobe After Effects or the Video Star app on iPhone, whichever can deliver me the best result that I’m looking for. We will also use our Apple laptops to keep the clips together as well and make things easier for us to deal with.