Shooting Process

 Me and my team met up yesterday Wednesday to film at my house and everything went well apart from some obstacles we had to overcome along the way. The filming came out good and we did multiple shots of everything so we don't need to refilm for now. Sebas and Nico are acting in our film  and me and Adam were in charge of all the filming process. We began setting up around 4:30 pm and began filming 5:30 pm we finished everything by 9 pm. 

First we set the table for the scene of the family dinner, and we tested out the second drone we had brought (since the first one's quality was not good), this one's quality was not good either so we tried attaching Nico's phone to it but it would not fly because of the weight. We decided to not use the drone anymore and to do something else. 

So we went outside and Nico climbed a tree to film the scene of Sebas driving away in the car from above. 

We shot a lot of scenes in daylight before it turned dark and since our shooting process was pretty long once it turned dark the scenes didn't go well together so we had to refilm all the daylight scenes so it would be dark outside in all of them. Which actually helped the vibe of the film opening since it is horror and it adds to the scare. We then made my mom my sister and my dad sit at the dinner table with Sebas (the main character) and they had to pretend they were having a conversation. They actually did very well we just had to refilm a couple times because my sister had this cough she couldn't get rid of and some of them were accidentally smiling or giggling. 

This is when we filmed Nicos part as the demon who doesn't show his face. So we got him all costumed up and filmed everything with the family dinner and the car scenes of him in the rearview mirror. We also filmed the calling the therapist scene and they changed my name on the phone to Dr. Martin and called me.

Then we had a complication with Nicos car because the battery of it died so we had to ask the neighbors for jumper cables. We tried to jump start it and pushed it down 2 blocks but it did not work so we left it parked off to the side and then he came back with his dad and they were able to jumpstart it with a portable one. 

Costume creation

 Since the main character is a teenage boy who will be played by our teammate Sebas, he said he found a hoodie and pants he could wear to embody our character Leo. Sometimes the hood of a hoodie when it is up it can represent a person is sad or wants to be left alone, this is perfect for our character because he is dealing with some mental issues causing him to be sad.

We can see in this inspo picture that the guy looks sad due to the fact that his face is covered with the hood.

The costuming for this character is important because he is the main character and he starts off our film opening.

For our demon which is also very important because his name is the name of the movie "Erebus" he will be dressed in all black because the color is mysterious and to add to the mystery his face will be covered with a black face mask. Nico will be playing this character and he has a black suit he will be wearing and a black ski mask which we will flip backwards to cover his face. As well as black shoes.

Something like this all black and his face covered since he is a demon who remains unknown.

Obstacle

 We had an issue in our filming process because we had planned to film this weekend March 1st-2nd because our teammate Nico had found someone who had a drone for our opening shot of the car. But Sebas and Nico met up that week and tried the drone and the camera quality was not what we were expecting. So now we have to either film another scene to compensate or find another drone. Which caused us to have to begin filming Wednesday of this upcoming week 3/5. 

We wanted to create a scene similar to this with the title appearing from the bottom the title being "Erebus" maybe in the ink of blood, to show the genre of the movie clearly which is horror. This scene would appear at the end of the opening scene after the main character Leo gets in the car to call his therapist as he runs away from the demon Erebus and a couple seconds later sees him staring back at him in the rearview mirror. The car would speed off and we would see the title under it as it drives away slowly appear.

We know have to find another drone or another type of show to help us create this because we really likes this idea.

Scene development

The first scene would consist of the guy who is the main character (Leo) eating dinner at the table with his mom, his dad, and his sister. The table is set with plates and silverware and food and drinks. Then it cuts to his family being gone off the table in an instant, a door opens and a man with his face covered in a black suit (Erebus) the demon is standing behind the door. 

The demon then gets closer and closer and we see Leo's hand shaking holding the fork. The demon is now standing where the dad was before. Then in like another version of the dining table the dad appears sitting where he was before but with the demon behind him holding a knife to his neck. The family appears again after the main character yells "STOP" and in the next scene the main character jumps out of his chair and runs to the front door. 

In the next seen he gets in the car and slams the door as he drives away he looks in the rearview mirror and sees the demon sitting in the backseat. His hands shaking as he grabs his phone to dial a number and he picks it up and he says "it's back." That scene is of him phoning his therapist because the demon is haunting him once again.

 This is where that scene would take place so you can see the demon in the backseat through the rearview mirror.

Location scouting

 At first we were not sure where we would film but after a lot of communicating and compromising with whose house we could film at we decided my house was the perfect location. 2 of the members of my house had already come to my house for the previous media project and they agreed that he setting was perfect. Since the family is an upper middle class family in this movie my house will do the job. 

We said we would use my dining table that has darker lighting than my other table for the main first shot of the film opening. Then my house is still used for the shot of the porch and drive way. Since he runs out the house and we see the front of my house.

We plan on using Sebastian's car for the car scene since he is one of the only ones with a driver's license. His car would be used for the scene of him on call with the therapist. 

If we have time to show the therapist's office at the end the office would be in my dad's office in my house because he works from home and his office looks like an actual office in a building. 

Planning audio elements

 

For our audio elements we were thinking the first thing you hear is the family dinner table talking as well as plates and silverware noise. These noises will be diegetic sound coming directly from the actors plates and their voices.

Then there is ominous music building up until it goes silent and the family (everyone except the main character) disappears and when the killer appears with the knife behind the dad we will implement a sting of a knife. 

Then the killer leaves and the family appears back so we hear chatter again an the main character guy scrams and run out the house so we hear the scream and the footsteps. He runs out the door so you hear the door open and slam. We are going to use foley sounds to make the footstep sound effects sound louder and make it more desperate. We would do the foley noise with a shoe hitting on the ground and filming it up close. 

After he runs out he gets in his car and slams the car door and then drives off so we hear the car motor turn on. He then rings his therapists phone so the phone rings and then you hear the conversation he has with his therapist. The ring will be diegetic sound coming from his phone.

Planning costuming mise-en-scene

We had planned to do costuming for our main character as follows- since he is a teenager we thought a normal outfit for a teenager would be a hoodie and sweatpants especially since he is simply having dinner in his house with his family, the parents would be wearing casual outfits like a shirt and pants and the little sibling would wear a shirt and shorts because that is what most little kids wear. Something like this picture would be the main characters outfit.

The most important piece of our costuming is the villain/demon and he will be wearing all black (a suit)  because black represents mystery in horror films an unknown. To fulfill this vibe of mystery and darkness he will be wearing a mask to cover his face like a ski mask so his identity remains unknown. The covering of the face makes him scarier and usually in horror movies the demons identity is not known. 

Something like this-

Or we were planning on using lighting from behind to not show the demons face kind of like in Psycho when the killers face is hidden with the dark lighting. 

If we have time to show the therapist she will be in formal attire like that of an office. Like a white button down and formal pants. 

This is an outfit I have seen most therapist wear since they tend to work in office. It makes them look clean and put together and we want to create a realistic environment.