Progress Update - Filming the final scenes

Yesterday I filmed the final scenes of the film involving the teath of Violet Andrews, Milton's wife. The location for the shoot was my local church and as such I had to gain permission from the local vicar and church warden in order to film there. I chose this location as the chosen title for the film is RIP and I thought that since RIP stands for Rest In Peace, a church would be a particularly poigniant location in which to conclude the short film. Also, the location was readily available and easy for me to access.

The scenes filmed are as follows:


The first scene filmed was an establishing shot showing Violet (Played by Lynne Wetherall) laying  dead in the middle of the aisle.

The second shot is a close-up of Violet's lifeless face.

This shot then shows the emotion on the detective's face as he sees his wife laying dead on the floor.








We then see the detective collapse onto his knees as the reality of seeing his wife dead 'hits home'...








and he tries to ensure that she is as 'comfortable' as possible.







The detective (played by Keith Wetherall) notices a calling card beside the body (close-up)

In this conclusive shot, we see the anger and vengeance on the detective's face.







Overall, in my opinion, the shoot went very well, and most of the shots were completed in one take. Also, the quality of emotion and facial expressions from my actors was superb and both actors in the scene were able to portray the characters exactly as I had envisiged in my initial plan for the short film.