Location: 57 Ramillies Crescent
Time of Day: Night
Time filming started: 4:00pm
Time filming finished: 9:30pm
Scene: 2+1
Shots: 59-60 - Interior and 6-9 Interior
Crew Present:
Deanna Hopps - Director and Make-up Artist - Stunt Co-ordinator
Cameron Hargreaves - Cinematographer (Camera) and Set Layout
Daniel Springthorpe - Sound and Costume - Stunt Co-ordinator
Charlotte Smith - Lighting and Directing
Cast Present:
Rebecca Chapman - Alice
Alex Marks - Richard
Summary of the Day:
The day that everyone had been waiting for; 'the falling down the stairs' scene! Rebecca and Deanna were the most excited, as Rebecca had wanted to do it for ages and Deanna wanted to try her hand at creating disgusting wounds:
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| The abomination |
Deanna and Rebecca spent over two hours doing the injury, and during that time the rest of the crew were preparing and readying themselves for the shots whilst recording the shots they could shoot without Rebecca or Deanna being there.
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| Deanna directing |
We spent a good while preparing for the shot of Rebecca falling down the stairs, as it was a possible risk and so we needed to make sure we did it in as little takes as possible in the safest manner possible. Below is the embedded video containing some out takes:
After we did the falling down the stairs shots, we went straight into scene 1, where Alice is lying on the floor with blood over her head. We did this so we only had to do the head wound once, as it ate into out time and took a lot of effort to make, and replicating it would be difficult.
Dan took over the camera for a few shots, where Rebecca falls down the stairs as both him and Deanna we designated stunt co-ordinators, and so it made sense for them to take control. Plus, holding the camera up for hours whilst the directors discuss how they want to press the 'record' button takes its toll, and a small break from it can't harm anyone!
