09/02/2012 - Preparation

Make - Up

Here are an assortment of photographs of me and Kate preparing Georgi for her role in the film trailer. We applied mainly dark eye-shadow to her eyes to give the effect that she has been crying and is somewhat a mess from the ordeal. We also used make up on her face to smudge in to look like dirt as she is being kept in the cupboard of her abductor. 

We took some photographs of Georgi before filming to help her get into character and to show our progress while making the trailer. Here, she can be seen to look distressed and you will notice that we have only made her face look like it is covered in dirt because it is dark in the cupboard and it will be her face that the audience will focus on. 


Setting up the closet

Here is Kate lighting the scene and myself filming Lily in the cupboard scene. As you can see her wrists are tied and she is preparing for her role in the trailer. To light this scene we used a strong torch and used the main light source in the room as well.

This is the cupboard that we will be using to film Lily in as she has been taken hostage by her abductor. We filled it with male clothing as the abductor is clearly male and this is later confirmed when he is seen walking up the stairs.

         Setting up the staircase scene

We first tested Kate walking up the stairs to see how it would look and we were pleased with the outcome. By using the light from downstairs an orange-yellow colour reflects onto the wall and the person walking up the stairs becomes merely a shadow and a ghostly look is created.

We dressed our abductor in a big black coat and heavy boots so that he would walk up the stairs slowly and assert his power through thudding up the stair case. In the shots that we took, we were really pleased with the outcome and I think this is my favourite scene as it really builds tension for the audience as we know that Lily is helpless in the cupboard.