Props

Chapter Forty

We will be filming the real opening sequence to our thriller tomorrow and have made sure all preparations are in place. We have made sure our keyhole cut out is ready and useable and have checked all props are in place. Here is me and Phoebe checking everything.

FIlming Through A Keyhole

Chapter Thirty-Five :

'When people say "She's got everything!" - I have my answer, 'I don't have tomorrow.'"

Filming With A Keyhole

To create the idea of having young Evangeline watching her mother through a keyhole it will be important to build a big one to create that effect through the camera. It will most likely be built from cardboard or some tough material and will be big enough to be held in front of the camera.

This would be a great opening shot!

Designing A Set

Chapter Thirty - Four :

" A film is never really good, unless the camera is the eye of a poet. "

Building A Film Set

For a few shots in my opening sequence I will need to create a set to allow certain angles or shots to be taken.

It could be important to have a bath for the underwater shot.

Changes In Shooting

Chapter Thirty-One

'I'm as mad as hell, and I'm not gonna take this anymore- I'm moving to Hawaii.'

What's Changed

Why are you going to film through the keyhole more rather than over the bath?

As a team we feel the opening sequence will be more mysterious if we film though the keyhole from young Evangeline's perspective. 

How will you end the sequence?

The final shot will be young Evangeline opening the bathroom door to see her mothers legs hanging out of the bath and it will cut to black very quickly.

 

Why change the death from drowning suicide to self harm (bleeding out) suicide?

It will make more sense and make it easier to film her dying above the water rather than drowning beneath the water.