Change of location for antagonist establishment scene

We have decided that as it seems it will be too problematic to film in a graveyard for reasons stated before, we are going to try and film somewhere else. We think it would be a good idea to use an area that is more industrial to give our teaser trailer a 'neo-WW2' feel to it. A location that we particularly like is an area of land owned by a friend that has many industrial shipping crates that we could film next to.

Filming the interrogation scene

We used another area of the interior of the iron forge to film the interrogation scene in. The scene features an actor wearing a black gas mask standing in front of Joe (the protagonist), who is seated with his arms bound to the back of a worn out looking chair that we found, and pretending to strike him in the face. The scene is shot from a mid over the shoulder shot from the interrogator looking on to Joe.

Here are some images of us filming the scene:

Makeup for the interrogation scene

We applied makeup to Joe's face in order to give the impression that he has a black eye in the scene. We used a combination of purple and green eye shadows as well as thick eye liner and mascara that had been dabbed onto his cheek to give it an uneven tone.

Filming in a church (2)

We have been given permission to use the church a lunchtime during the week under supervision from a member of the church team. We will film the protagonist walking from one end of the church to the other with many different shot types.

We have decided to change the costume a bit for this scene, so now instead of wearing all white, Joe now wears a white coat with black trousers and black shoes. This adds a level of continuity between other scenes of Joe within the trailer, and also looks a little bit sleeker and characteristic of our protagonist.

Filming the romantic scene

While our actor for the protagonist's girlfriend Tanya is visiting England after moving to Australia, we thought it would be a good idea to film a romantic scene in which Joe (the protagonist) and Tanya kiss. We will use this scene at some point in the trailer to split up some of the action and give our teaser trailer more depth. We captured a long shot, a mid shot and a close up which we will edit together later on. We filmed the scene by a large tree on the school site.

Prop continuity issue

We had to give back the samurai sword that we were using to the owner before we had finished filming with it. All that is left to film is a part of the "running scene" where the protagonist removes his bullet belt. To overcome this issue we will shoot the scene from the ground to avoid showing the lack of sword.

Filming in the forge

We have finished filming inside the locale iron forge. We captured many mid shots and close ups of the anvil while a bar of iron was heated to a white hot temperature and hit with a hammer. The heat of the iron meant that when it was struck a vast amount of sparks were released, adding to the quality if this scene. Our friend George is the actor in this scene and is an experienced blacksmith. We also got a close up of the fire that was used to heat up the iron. This will be the first scene in our trailer, followed buy the iron forging scene.

Filming the running scene

Today we went into the woods by our school to film the running scene. We filmed Joe running through the woods from many different angles. This footage will be used throughout the trailer to split up other scenes. After reviewing the filming we noticed that we had accidentally left some props and pieces of costume in the background of one scene. We will have to remove any frames where this is noticeable during editing or re-film this later. During the scenes, Joe removes his coat and gun. We have filmed this from different angle and will edit the scenes together to create a match on action.

Black Gas Masks for costume

We have bought two black 'soviet style' gas masks for our antagonist henchmen to wear. So far we believe that these gas masks will feature in two scenes: the "antagonist establishment scene" and the "interrogation scene". The aim of the masks is to try to detract from the emotion seen in the antagonists, and to dehumanize them so as to take away any positive feelings towards them as well as to strip them of attention and any level of importance.

Props and Costume: Antagonist Scene

• Three black trench coats
• Three black trousers
• Flint-lock pistol
• Two assault rifle replicas
• Two black gas masks
• Fingerless black studded gloves

Costume and props: Interogation scene

• Black trousers x2
• Black military boots
• Soviet style gas mask
• Black jacket
• Black boots
• Old chair

Props and Costume: Church scene

• White coat
• White trousers
• White boots

Props and Costume: Romance scene

• Green military trench coat
• Green military trousers
• Black military boots
• Red coat

Props and costume: Final fight scene

• Samuri sword
• Hunting sword
• Black leather trench coat
• Black jacket
• Black trousers x2
• Leather gloves
• Flintlock pistol replica
• Black military boots
• Black boots

Props and costume needed for 'running scene'

• Samuri sword
• Assult rifle replica
• Green military trench coat
• Bullet belt
• Black military boots
• Black trousers
• Black jacket

Props and costume list for blacksmithing scene

• Hammer
• Anvil
• Iron
• Apron
• Protective glasses
• Boots
• Black trousers
• Dirty white t-shirt