Problems when filming- No Tripod and Fake Blood.

When we finally decided a date and time to film our Thriller, we realised that we left both the video camera and the tripod. The camera situation was easily fixed by a friend who offered to lend us his own video camera. However, we still had no tripod, and this is a problem, due to the fact that in the criteria of the film, we had to be able to hold a steady shot. Therefore, we had to create a makeshift tripod, using a washing line and a shoe. Despite its rather odd appearance, it was able to hold both the camera steady, and the the angle of the camera with much more ease than we could of with a handheld shot.

Another problem when it came to filming and mise en scene, was that the fake blood we needed to use to put on the knife, was too fake looking, runny and transparent in colour. To solve this, we had to thicken it, and we used peanut butter. Although probably not the best thing to use, it did thicken it up effectively.