Filming Process

Here are a few pictures we took during the process of filming to give you an idea of some of the stages we went through, in order to get our finial outcome.

Inspiration for costume ideas, taken from the main character in The Ring:

Costume: Costume was very important for us because it told a you about the intentions of the character. We rumagged through each others wardrobes to find what we believed to be the perfect costume for our character. Unfortunately we were un-able to find a white nightdress, so we had to improvise and use what we could find. You will see Katie in our teaser trailer, dressed in a long silk white skirt (length to her ankles) and a similar silk with a lace trim top. Though it wasn't what we originally planned, it still created the same look we were going for.

Make-up: As well as being used for a prop later on in our teaser trailer to come across as a smokey effect, Talcum powder was essential in Katie's face and body make-up. We wanted her to look creepy, and tramatised and we felt that giving her a pale face and dark eyes created this effect.
Black eyeliner and mascara was used to make her eyes appear darker by smudging the eyeliner to add effect.
Pale concelear was used on the lips for a cold, cracked, pale lipped tone.
Pink blusher was dabbed a tiny bit on both cheeks to add effect the age of her character (a younger girl).
Katie's hair was back combed to add edge to her scruffy appearance as though the character in our film was not looked after - almost the idea that she 'came back from the dead' or was found after having been lost for a long period of time.

Location: When filming we used a very similar location to the one used in Paranormal Activity 3. A small cupboard in the attic. The daunting lighting was brilliant for what we wanted. We feel it will create great suspense for our audience when watching the trailer.

Lighting: Torches and the camera light were put to fantastic use when filming, they helped create an eery setting. However at some points in filming the camera light became a great annoyance, for when we didn't want any light as we were un-able to turn it off, so instead we used our imagination and placed a small plaster over it which seemed to block any light from coming through.
Once we added one of our props, a large antique mirror, the reflection of light from the torches we used, most definitely gave us the dark mysterious appeal we were going for.. Although at some points the reflection of light transferred through the mirror, was a nuisance, we had to somehow find a way to over come this as we did not wish to loose that desired for a dark mysterious appeal.