Video link: https://youtu.be/8fm6SE6xgEE

Team members: Alina Li, Baiyu Gao, Kanda Fang, Lillion Hunt, Shiyi Liu

We filmed in a restroom without mirror in Newhouse. We discussed a lots of details before filming, for example, the position of camera, the walking path of the ghost, and how to knock the doors. The plot of  the girl washing hands was not in our original idea, but we wanted to draw people's attention and let audience turn around. We found a lot  problems when we were shotting: persons behind each door could not stand on the floor because of the shadow, the way ghost walked could not create the sense of horror. And we found a big trouble when we started editing. The height of two shots were different so the transition was not smooth at all. We set the height the same as our height but it looked higher after we  uploaded it on computer.  Also, the tripod covered a lot of screen that the token could not even cover. So we decided to film it again. The second time was quicker and more successful than the first time. We brought the chocolate syrup to make it scarier. The ghost walked through a lot of positions and tried to crawl down this time in order to get the best shot.

This video was not scary at all without the sound and lighting effects. We filmed the story with the lights on. So we adjusted the color of the video to make it darker. We tried to dub everything in post but it was hard to sync sound with image together.

This experience is definitely interesting.

My role:

We filmed and acted the movie together at first. I was the actress who hid behind the second door. To make sure our feet wouldn’t appear in the video, we squat on the toilet lid.

After the first shooting, we decided that we would split the work of the project: Shiyi and I will do the editing and add light effect first because we are out of town on the weekend, while others will deal with the sound effect and finalize the project.

Shiyi and I worked together to cut the video and added some light effect. We wanted our ghost to appear in the different places every time light flashed, so we cut and chose several clips and put the black scenes between every two clips. Though we found that the footage doesn't match well because we moved the camera too many times, we tried to use black transition from scene to scene. We finished it on Friday.

But later on the weekend, other team members found that the transition is not so good, so they re-filmed all and edited it again when I was out of town. Though I feel very sorry that I didn't participate in the second shooting and editing, I learned a lot by the first shooting and editing. And thank my team!