FILMING ON LOCATION - SLATER/RUNNER

After the crew had spent the week filming on location in a cottage out in Derbyshire, they came back to Sheffield to film the final major (basement) torture scene. The director Jordan Deakin requested that I attend the shoot to act as a runner/slater for the day. Therefore I attended the day long shoot and a handful of production photos I took are displayed below.

After deciding not to attend the week long shoot 

prior to this one, I was happy to attend and help out with the shoot as it rekindled my knowledge on what happens within film-set productions. Throughout the day I marked-up and slated with the clapperboard and fetched any items the cinematographer and director required. 

I believe the shoot was well organised as a  whole, the producer pushed the cinematographer and director to ensure they captured the shots they needed whilst still having time to get the rest. The director fulfilled his role overall by instructing the actors on how to best fulfil their characters' emotions and movements, and Luke for the vast majority listened to instructions and appeared to be sticking to the shot list. The art director Amy Jackson used a piece of meat for the leg stabbing section of the film, the crew and myself were more than happy with the results. 

In this case I enjoyed not having a key role in the production, as I was able to stand back and watch the production take place. I believe my experiences in filmmaking have expanded and I will be able to take these forward to future productions.

Initially I was attempting to construct an edit in my head of how the cut would form in FCP7. However the shots were not filmed in sequence so it was difficult to do so. The basement scene itself is currently in it's early stages of post-production. I am beginning to find continuity errors within the scene for example on more than one occasion Philip (the one inflicting the torture) all of a sudden has his glasses on. The takes themselves also drag on for a considerable amount of time, therefore I will look for ways to cut around this problem e.g. by cutting to interior
cutaways within the basement (candles, the wall,
the torture table etc.

I will discuss the problems of continuity with visible examples once I have fully constructed the scene together.