NEXT-GEN Nescot Year 3 HND - VFX monster in media (video setup and planning)

During week 2 we had to work with the media students in order to create a horror video, showing a VFX monster that our class was tasked with creating. The story of the video consists of some reporters interviewing a group of, seemingly nice, cultists. However, when night falls and the reporters are in their tent, they are kidnapped and tied up as a sacrifice to the VFX monster.

For this task, both our class and the media class went to Holmbury St Mary Surrey Hills so that the media students could start filming and direct us on where VFX monster will be, as well as what it will do. The media students had two directors that were filming different parts of the video. Unfortunatly, they seemed rather unorganised due to the lack of comunication between each director and the fact that the director of the first half had no idea about the VFX monster.

Once we had arrived, the media students were already there and were setting up for filming. Luckly, the VFX monster was only shown in one scene, which meant that we only had to listen to one director. Annoyingly, the spot that the media students decided to pick out for the scene was off limits and inaccessable, as it was a staff only area. This led to our group scouting around for a suitible spot for filming.

Eventually, I found a small area that was easily accessable behind a small pond and told the director about the position. Despite this, the location of the final shot was still undecided, however, we had a mild understanding of the general vicinity and appearance of the VFX monster.

In conclusion, the trip was mostly a success, however, while there was some confusion at the beginning, we got most, if not all, of the information that we needed to create the VFX monster for their project.