Blog #47 Filming Day 2 - Scene 7, Shots 2-8

 Scene 7, shots 2-8 is truly when the climax of my film kickstarts; the killers reveal. The last couple scenes in my film have been revealing cultmembers, in a way taking suspicions off of Anna, leading the audience to believe, "no these guys were the villains the whole time and Anna truly loved Dillon", but in true Billy Loomis fashion, that just wasn't the case. 


Dillon points out his knife is missing - Two shot - handheld


The killer is revealed! - close up - handheld




(shots where Anna stabs Dillon)

- I wanted to point out how the stabbing gore effect is not in this batch of scenes, as I filmed them at different times, offering a hand double for Lauren so she could avoid getting the fake blood all over her, additionally on set I made sure to include blood on the knife and the floor for a realistic and believable effect


Dillon tries to escape but a cultmember tackles him - long shot - over the shoulder - handheld

In these shots I used handheld to follow Dillon as he tries to escape before the cultmember jumps in, making the audience think Dillon can run away and then surprising them with the cultmember. The handheld also helped create an intense and high energy string of shots.


Both cultmembers drag Dillon out of the house - three shot - tracking - handheld

Dillon is restrained by both cultmembers, and was stabbed within a few fast shots, creating a sense of shock and hopelessness to the audience; my initial goal with this climax was for it to stick out amongst the rest of the film, so that it could tie into my messaging and metaphors of self image, and also to leave a lasting impact on the audience.

I am very happy with this sequence of shots.



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