Parity - Production

During the filming of our thriller we took photographs to show the range of techniques used whilst filming. The image shown to the right shows Myself and Sam setting up the Tripod, this was needed to reduce the shake which may of occured when handling the camera by hand.







To left shows Sam, as you can see he is wearing a suit and tie. We wanted the murder to commence during a party, this is evident as the Victim (Adam), is also formally dressed and the scene is set in public toilets. Sam also has his shirt tucked out with his tie halfway down his chest, the reason for this was to make the scene more realistic because when the Protagonist murdered the victim, there would be desperation in the Victim who would cling on to whatever he could get his hands on.

Here is a close up of the knife used during the murder. I purchased some fake blood in which we smeared onto the knife, this was to show emphasise the murder.

As you can see, we also smeared the fake blood onto the wall. We did this to make the scene more realistic, which is one of the characteristics in the thriller genre. I believe that this worked successfully which is evident in the thriller opening. This picture may also look familiar from the Behind the Scenes 1 video where Sam is shown smearing the blood onto the wall.

Here, I am shown using the camera. I needed to ensure that the Camera and Tripod were in the correct position showing Sam murder Adam through the reflection of the mirror. This is shown in the subsequent image.

As you can see, in between Sam and Adam the Tripod is placed to record the scene as a flashback through the reflection of the mirror. Blood is also visible on Adams front left pocket, this would not look realistic due to the fact that Adam is already bleeding before he has been stabbed. This was because we had previuosly recorded Adam lying on the floor dead. However, through the reflection, Adams back is only visible so the blood on the front pocket was not shown.

This is an example of a high angle shot, where I had to climb up onto the sink to achieve the best possible shot for the scene. This shot is shown in the thriller aswell as the Behind the Scenes 5 at 1:40 into the video.

Another high angle shot is evident to show Sam dragging Adam across the floor. In order to achieve the angle I wanted, I had to improvise without the Tripod so instead I stood on top of a toilet seat. The angle which I achieved is shown in the picture below.

The final shows Myself and Sam trying to negotiate the best angle to show him dragging Sam. This had to be thought carefully to make the movement as realistic as possible aswell as thinking of Adams well-being.