Filming...

Today I did some more production work and I got quite a bit of filming done in about an hour. Today I filmed a majority of my opening scene. Mainly the parts with the woman Marie in. Gladly, my sister volunteered to be Marie so I went round at about 1.30 to ensure that after I had dressed her up it would still be light enough for me to film.
She is good to use in my film as she has the dark brown hair that I wanted and in addition she is readily available at pretty much any time that I want her to be which may not be the case if I use someone I don't know very well. Also, using my sister as the actress will make it easier for me to be able to tell her what to do whereas I may feel less comfortable having to tell someone I don't know very well to do something over and over again untill i get a good shot.
I firstly started off with the hair and make up. I tried my best to create some reverse victory rolls like in the tutorial that I found. I was actually quite difficult to do but after about half an hour of faffing around I managed to create something that resembled a 1940's hair style. I then proceeded to put on some make up which consisted of some black eyeliner, mascara, blusher and red lipstick. I then dressed my sister up in a red patterned knee length dress, a fur coat and some small black heels.
We firstly filmed the part where she reads the letter however I feel that this footage isn't very good as I rushed writing the letter which made it look awful. so I plan on re-doing this part and perhaps creating an overlay of what the letter says over the top of the footage of it. My main aim is to try and find someone with curly writing who will write it for me as it will look much better than my own handwriting.
We then went into the woods to start the filming. I started off with filming the part where she walks through with the baby in her hands. I tried to capture this from many different angles so that I could perhaps create a montage effect. This involved me having to climb up a tree in order to get a view looking down upon her. I wanted this view to look as if someone was watching her from a hidden place.
After that I basically did lots of different shots of her walking through the woods with and without the baby so that I could have some variety of shots to make the opening sequence a lot more interesting than just watching from one perspective. This also means that I will have to do short clips when I edit all the clips together which will hopefully create some suspense in the opening sequence.
I also filmed the part where you see her feet running away. My sister couldn't seem to run in heels in the woods so I decided to do that bit instead with her filming. I actually found that it was quite difficult and actually hurt my ankle a few times...
Overall, I am pleased with the amount of work i managed to get filmed today and I am very pleased with how it went. My sister was very cooperative thankfully which made the whole process a lot easier and quicker.
Now all that I have left to do is the part with the woodchoppper.