Planning For Equipment, Locations, Costumes and Actors

We are nearly ready to film our sequence, at the moment it is only the snow that is stopping us from getting footage, hopefully our filming area will be clear soon, and we can start. The filming should only take part of a day, because we only need one location.

For clothes, i am thinking of wearing a plain white shirt, and some black smart pants. This would be a better overall mise-en-scene because the audience would ask more questions about the character. We also need some fake blood, not much, but i am thinking of putting some up my nose so it looks like a nose bleed, and letting it drip onto my shirt, and dry. The shirt will have to become dirty as we do the scenes, so we will need to make sure that we have enough shots of the opening part before we do the rolling around and panicking scenes, because that will just get the shirt dirty, and will cost us valuable time to clean, and possibly cause some continuity issues, of which we are determined to have none of.

We will need a camera and a tripod, and possibly something to make tracking shots a realistic goal. Smooth tracking shots could make our scene brilliant, while bad jerky ones could ruin the shot. An improvised steadicam is also an option we could take. We need a chain and a padlock and key, to make it look realistic. Ideally we would have a shackle, but i am unsure if we could get one.

*NOTE*
As we will probably be filming in icy conditions, we have to have certain safety measures so that none of us are cold. Tom and Qasim will have to wrap up extremely warm, because they will be stood filming for most of the day. We will make several thermos' full of warm drink, so that we can instantly warm ourselves up in the cold. As we may not be able to break for food, it would be wise to take a lunch each as well.

Casting Wise:

Jamie as Arnold (Chained Man)
Tom as Alan (Dark Figure on Hill)
Qasim as Cameraman.

Of course there will be some camera advice and input from me and Tom.

I think that it will be better if we all edit together, because that way we have a wider opinion, and if we dont all agree, then we can safely say something is wrong and seek help from Nikki or Mike.