Production Blog

During the filming process, we had to do several takes to get the proper idea. For example, for the bedroom scene, we spent almost an hour on. This is because, we wanted to get several angles. This way, when editing, we would have several switches. In this scene, we ended up having an over the shoulder shot, a two person shot from behind, and a closer over the shoulder shot. To set this up, we had a tripod and were able to leave the phone to record. For the shots that required us to hold it, our friend Scott would.  He also helped me with my makeup for this scene and the other scenes prior. For my makeup, we took Hayley's older sisters eyeshadow palette and added colors such as blue, green, and black. This process took around ten minutes. We also did this before the hallway scene because the rest of the shots will have a black eye. However, as time went on, we slowly removed the makeup. This give the allusion of time passing. For the scenes that required blood, we made fake blood for the look. To do this, we mixed clear soap with red food coloring. To safely do the knife shot, we placed the blood at the bottom of the knife. So, when it was grazing the skin, it would leave a small red trail. We then cut the camera and placed more blood on my skin. This helped show my wrist bleeding more excessively. With the left over fake blood, we put it at the end of a shprp knife to film the murder scene of Aaron Nelson.