A2 - Equipment Needed for Filming

The equipment we used for our filming was:

Canon 600D camera

Canon EOS 600D - we used 3 Canon EOS 600D cameras in total because it enabled us to shoot three different angles of the same scene at once, or have two or three different scenes being filmed at the same time.

GoPro portable camera - our GoPro camera had a strap so it could be put on a person's head or chest to get a POV shot.

Tripods - we attached the Canons to tripods in order to enable us to get the camera steady, so the footage was as good as possible. If we decide later that we want footage to be shaky, we can do that later on FinalCut Pro.

GoPro portable camera

Props - Liver, plate, bowl, gun replicas, gas mask. We used a variety of props which were creative and allowed us to create a more interactive setting.

Torches - for the night shoot, we used several torches to create light. While the torches we used had headstraps, in the end we decided not to use them as head torches, preferring to carry them instead.

Handycams - sound recorders, we used them alongside the cameras to record diegetic sound that we could use in the soundscape of the trailer.

Liquid latex - we were going to use this to create fake wounds and injuries, however in the end we decided to avoid showing visible injuries because we noticed that not many shots were shown in horror trailers that showed injuries in any detail. In addition, none of us had enough experience to confidently create a realistic-looking injury.

We also had a smoke machine, but we didn't actually use it in the end because we didn't need it. We considered using it when our plot synopsis was a zombie idea, but when we changed our plot synopsis we didn't need to use it because it would set the wrong type of scene.

A2 - Revised Plot Synopsis

Because of our choice not to use zombies, we had to devise a new plot. Due to our filming date coincidentally being 11 November, Remembrance Day, we decided to name the film Remembrance Day. Our new plot reads as follows.

Remembrance Day, 2012. Three teenagers discover an abandoned house when their car breaks down. When they enter the house, they discover a horror that refuses to let them leave. Can the teenagers escape before the mysterious being kills them all?