Weekly Production Log 3- Unit 22 Single Camera Production

This week we changed some things to do with our film narrative and plot. Instead of having the son wake up in a hospital which we thought wouldn't have be achievable, because we do not have access to a hospital room. Another thing we changed was that instead of having the son be tortured by the father we decided that the daughter should be tortured, partly because she is a more vulnerable character than the boy who can fight back. Also, we wanted the mother to not be aware of torture that is going on because it adds to the suspense and suspicious mood we want to achieve.

Also, we decided that the way the daughter was to be torture was with a slash to the neck because it is gruesome and a vile way to torture someone, and as part of the fathers representation we want him to come across as cold-blooded.  Finally, the way the story would end is by the daughter overdosing herself and dying. The final scene will show the father walking up to the daughters gravestone and visiting her.
Another thing which has changed is that there is no longer an actor to play the son, this is because the person who was supposed to be acting the son is not available and we decided that he was not going to add anything to the story or at least nothing significant and so losing that character wasn't much of an issue for us. I have realised that recruitment of actors in a film shoot is actually a really difficult part of the pre-production part of making a film.