We got there at 6:30 so we had an extra half an hour to get everything organized before the lighting quickly dimmed. During this prep-time we had to make sure we made to car "Blood Proof". To do this we covered the windows with clear wrap and covered the rest of the car with paper towels.
Once we had that covered completely, we had to figure out which splattering-technique would be best. We did a bit of testing; first we dipped a stick into our fresh bottle of fake blood and tried to whip it in the air, but, as shown in this video, it makes a straight like. We're looking for a little more Jackson Pollock flair.
After this we simply decided to use our hands to get the right amount of gush and splatter.
Once we were done with that we rounded up Jillian and Sebastian to re-film our original dialogue. We began filming and then realized that there was a bunch of shooting sounds coming from the Shooting Range just down the road. So with that, we had to make it work. We still needed to put so much together and had no time to do everything over again any other day. It was now or never. So we simply included the fact that there was a shooting range across the road in the dialogue. We made sebastian say something along the lines of "I'm gonna miss this place...except for that damn shooting range always ruining our dates". We felt this was a simple but effective solution to our gun shots in the far background.
Once we got our dialogue perfected we continued to the fun part: the murder. First, we got the shot of the window splatter. I was inside the car and Kayleigh filmed the window with the door open (because the tinted windows didn't allow the blood to show) as the blood splattered onto it.
It took us a few takes to have the perfect amount of blood, but we got her done.
After this was the shot of the killer leaving the scene with blood on her face and the body hanging out of the car. That was a very quick shot since the only thing happening is one person walking away.
We also needed to get an audio of the victims screams/last words. We actually did that last because it got very dark and the mosquitoes were becoming the real killers.
Today went better than I could have ever imagined, and I'm so glad that we can finally get to editing and finalizing!!!
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