Construction essay

Once Alice and I planned everything we decided dates for filming and managed to get lifts down to our specific location of the bunker at La Pulente. Our first day of filming was on the 29th of January. We first had difficulty using the camera but filmed the path shot and inside the bunker, when we returned to school to look at the clips unfortunately they were deleted, although we used the time as a practise film and we knew exactly what we would be doing the next time round.

Our Second filming trip we brought our actress Louise and provided her with suitable clothing and props such as a torch.

The weather was cloudy which was perfect for path shot which added a mysterious element and errey atmosphere which we intended for these shots. Alice then filmed down a small path which leads to the entrance of the bunker carefully avoiding the graffiti on the walls as graffiti gave the impression that the bunker wasn’t deserted and that people had discovered it and been inside.

I took over the next part of the filming and filmed down the corridor of the bunker which was light because of the light directly shining through the door way, the other rooms are pitch black. I focused on the floor of the bunker again to avoid more graffiti and out to the end room which had a large window viewing all the coast line of St.Ouen.

Our next scene was a close up of our actress Louise to show closely her expressions and let the audience focus on her. She sits in a pitch black room in the bunker anxiously looking around holding her torch up to light the room, she has a scared and lonely expression, when we come to edit the clips we will add in a voice over to show her thoughts and feelings in her head overlapping her voice so the audience can her lots of voices which will make them feel on edge and un able to make out everything she is saying.








After filming our actress sitting in the bunker appearing to have gone insane we proceeded to film our last scene of the girl escaping from the bunker we chose to shoot this scene out on a bit of cliff top outside the window of the back of the bunker to show the scenery and her running around the cliff we then realised that this would be difficult because of the amount of space, as she would not be able to run very far which would make the shot shorter and less effective of her escaping.


We managed to get good shots of the pathway and bunker although we had trouble with the camera again because the lighting settings were wrong which meant the shots we took were too light so we arranged again to film on Monday the 9th of March we aim to get most of the shots done this time round as it is a difficult location to get too and a hassle for transport.


On Monday the weather was perfect for the shot down the path although we accidently caught a shot of a runner coming towards us down the path which was then deleted after. The weather was also perfect for the last shot of our actress Louise as she escapes from the bunker and looks up at the sky. The sun and brightness of the blue sky in this shot was aimed to represent a new beginning for that character.


Alice and I have decided not to include our male actress in the intro, and cut out our idea of showing his silhouette representing the father in the story. We have changed the storyline as we have decided not to show anything about the abusive father in the intro and instead keep it simple. The Character will hear a noise or something to show there is someone else in the bunker. We will show her terrified expression as she gets up to scramble out of the bunker. The final shot of the intro will show her looking up towards the clear blue sky, finally having come out of the bunker. Throughout the film our clips will be dark and dull in contrast to the last clip of her escaping; this is to represent a new beginning of freedom and a new start to her journey.


Once all the filming was completed, we started to edit the clips, cutting out unnecessary parts. We already had an idea of the sort of music we would be using, ‘Beside you in time - Nine Inch Nails’ to create the feeling of the character going insane as the music is quite repetitive. To begin editing the clips we learnt how to speed up and slow down the speed of each clip also how to make the clips appear smoother as some of the handheld filming wasn’t so smooth. We chose to slow down the clip of the camera filming down the long corridor of the bunker so give another errey affect of confusion for the audience.



We decided that it would be effective to show flashes of clips of the girl sitting in the bunker in darkness into the scene of the pathway to shock the viewers and make them feel on edge as her face flashes on screen, also to give them a taster of what is happening. After this we started to make the titles for our film using ‘After Effects’ we selected a suitable font and took names from the back of a DVD to use and made sure the text appeared on screen only when clips of the girl sitting in the dark were shown so that the text would be more noticeable to the viewers.

To give the film more of an edge we wanted to make our titles appear more horror like to suit the genre, we were inspired by the opening titles of the film seven, and started to handwrite the titles and scan them in although we set aside the idea because of lack of time and thought it would be better to keep it simple.
Once we started we found ‘After Effects’ easier to use than we’d expected.

We carried on looking through our clips to see anything that could be added in and deleted. Given that the film is focused on the girl and her bad experiences we chose to show a few more clips of our actress Louise going insane and given that there’s time add a voice over to show the characters thoughts and feelings. We took clips of her in a room with a black sheet behind her to get the impression she’s in complete darkness in the bunker, we also used blue lighting to give the scene a dull and spooky atmosphere. The clips turned out well and fitted in with the rest of the intro.


We were pleased with the final outcome of all the clips after everything had been edited. We then moved on to sorting out the music, using the song we first had in mind, ‘Beside you in time - Nine Inch Nails’ the song is quite long which meant we had to cut some parts out to fit it in with the intro, I think this song is very effective and goes well with our clips, the music is very repetitive and there isn’t much singing that’s obvious in the song, I think this song will affect the audience and make them feel more involved and grabbed by the film.

Alice and I had been thinking about the title of the film since starting it but nothing had come to mind that would be suitable as the film is quite unpredictable to what will happen to this girl once she runs out of the bunker, no one knows what will happen. After thinking of countless names we could use Alice thought of ‘Escape’ which is very suitable for the film and fits well we the plot, the name is classic and simple but doesn’t give away anything about the story of the film. I think the name will attract an audience to watch this film; it makes the film sound like an adventure and a thriller kind of film which will be dramatic and exiting to watch. It is also quite a vague title which could be about anything or anyone; people will want to find out what it’s about.