Chase scene location.

The chase scene, in which Alex gets a chance to "run for his life" after he's resurrected by Agnar, was the part of the film we wanted to focus on the most. In the scene Alex runs through couple of streets in the town centre, over the rail way bridge and through the industrial estate past the steelworks where the dealer finally gives up chasing him. I picked the steal works as the getaway location, because it seemed like an interesting place to film in, and it seemed like a location that could give Alex more "advantage" in getting away from the dealer.

(The steelworks warehouse)

(Zach and Ryan setting up the equipment)

Drug deal scene location.

When looking for a location for the drug deal scene we searched througt a couple of crime/ drug related films, the locations and conventions which are commonly used in such scenes. Starting from the big Hollywood titles ending on small independent British crime films like Shifty. Drug deals are often presented very casually, they go off in back street alleyways, parks, car parks etc. Most of the times it's location well known to the dealer, with easy getaway options, no cctv monitoring. However with drug dealers (their personality, traits, speciality etc.), and the relationship between them and the user, whole set up of the drug deals differs. In some films the drug dealers are pretty much "friends" with the users, (eg. the dealers in Danny Boyle's Trainspotting), in other films they're just deceiveing, shady characters that care for nothing but money. After doing some research about the drug dealers, drug deal locations etc. I finally found a good spot to film the scene in. The location was easy to access and film in. It's an old alleyway in Barnsley town centre today commonly used as a public pathway. The lamp in the at the end of the alleyway proved very useful, and provided us with good and suitable ligthing for the scene. 

(The lamp, with my "drug dealer" coat hanging on it while we rehearse our script) 

"Trip?" Soundtrack

I have looked through several interesting websites in search of music suitable for the soundtrack. After couple of hours of looking through different genres, I found music suitable for the climax of our film. Hallucinogenic Melting Euphoria by SoLaRiS (a user of Jamendo). The track isn't protected by any copyright rights, therefore it's free for use. The track can be classed as music of Psychadelic rock genre. Psychadelic rock music is commonly used in drug scenes of the big screen, especially in Hallucinogenic drugs related scenes/ films. The genre itself was formed by Psychadelic culture, the culture of the people who use Hallucinogenic drugs. The artists/ composers of psychadelic rock usually use Hallucinogenic drugs to "enhance" their creativity, that's how Psychadelic rock music is made. We decided to use the Psychadelic rock music for our soundtrack instead of something more typical for thriller film (eg. tense classic, instrumental music) because the aim of our film is to trick the audience into thinking the whole film is just a trip out.

Research into editing techniques- how to give the effect of drugs.

How this could be achieved

There are a few ways in which the effect of drugs can be shown using editing techniques. one way is the use of frantic scene change and jump cuts, as this gives the effect of quickening pace and excitement that drugs give you.

another way in which you can give the effect of drugs is by having frantic camera movements and canted angle shots, to give the effect of blurred and impaired vision and dizziness

one more way in which you can give the effect of drugs is by having colour changes in shots, for example shades of green or red to give the effect of a change of vision of the world, and a change in surroundings.

another thing you could do is add in non diegetic music, either to give the effect that someone's in a noisy nightclub, the stereotypical place that ecstasy and such is taken, or whispers and voices, giving the effect of paranoia brought on by the drugs

another way you could show it is by having muffled audio, to give the effect that someone's spacing out and is blocked out from the surrounding world.