Filming got off to a slow start. We had planned to film in the half term break, but in that time members of the group had difficulties getting to the set and also we had some equiptment difficulties. So the first stages of filming wasn't very succesful.
Our first shots we got for the film deranged we got was good but when we took it to the editing suite we felt could be improved. The mise en scene costumes we thought could be improved and we needed high quality longer shots. There was also problems with the location we wanted to film at. We wanted to use a building in Harrow that looked very corporate for our character Onika to walk out of. When we asked for permission from the security guards in the building they refused, as did the security guards in the Harrow Shopping Centre.
Then we had to rethink our strategy. We planned more accurately our schedules for filming and we changed our film locations. We decided that we would film our opening in Edgware in Starbucks and towards the bus station. This was a more practical and in the end more helpful choice. Edgware was close by the location we were going to shoot the interior shots.
We fisrst wanted to shoot inside Starbuck's to imitate a lunch date that would be discussing business, but the manager of Starbuck's would not allow that either so we shot outside the shop on benches. We thought that this idea still worked with the rest of the filming idea.
We filmed inside the drama studio at college for the interior shots of the pshychiatric ward. This bit was really fun because of all the hospital props we used for the doctors and nurses. We also loved the spotlight we used on the hospital bed. It created a great atmosphere because the focused light on the bed kept the rest of the drama studio in the dark which was good. We made lots of shots in the drama studio of Lulu twitching and of the doctors restraining her. Some were usable, but some were bloopers.
We filmed at Lulu's house for the interior snapshots. We chose her house because it was more suitable because it was more spacious and had great lighting. We finished the shots at her house in 2 separate days and it didn't take too long because we knew what we were doing. Making the stalker letter and the note on the mirror in the bathroom was the best bit of filming. The hardest part was carrying the tripod all the time.
