Production log

Where: Art department
Who: Niamh, Kelly, Maddie B, Maddie H
Equipment: DSLR, light boxes, lightscreen, props
Purpose: Testing footage, creating props

For this, we were creating some of the props we were possibly going to use and some test footage that we were may or may not going to use in the actual title sequence. We set this up in the art department, with a white screen, white table and light box to really illuminate the scene. The purpose of the footage was filming a lipstick being melted as if it were 'blood' and signifying a character's death. This was in reference to an early scene in the title sequence of American Psycho, where raspberry liquor referenced blood also.

The filming, framing and cinematography of this scene went well. However, the whole scene as something to film was something that was a health risk. As we were burning a lipstick, we were at risk of many things. Burning plastic is toxic and could have harmed our health, and also I risked burning myself with the lighter.