Parity: Behind the Scenes of our thriller opening

Here Sam is making a hand print in the blood on the wall. This gives the effect that when Adam was being murdered he slides down the wall in desperation. This makes the film seem more realistic, a characteristic of the thriller genre.



In this scene Haran is lying on the floor to achieve a low angle shot for the knife drop. This helps to build suspense, with the sound effects, as you see the knife bounce on the floor at eye level.
We are also taking numerous shots in this scene to make sure that we got the desired effect.



This is a short scene of Sam practising. It also gave Haran a chance to practice the pan technique, making sure that we got the required effect desired for the final product.


This scene shows another example of numerous takes. This time it was through Sam struggling to use the tap. However as this happened we noticed that the camera didn’t get full view from Haran’s position. We then decided my position, as camera 2, was more suitable and swapped.


In this scene Haran, Sam and Adam are deciding how to move Adam from his current position, in the most realistic way, but at the same time considering Adam’s well being. Haran had to change sides dependent on the angle Sam decided to drag Adam. After much input from all the group we decided it would be best to drag Adam by the legs.


This scene is a further example of multiple takes. At first we tried to make the knife kick look accidental. However as we conducted more and more takes the move just looked deliberate anyway. Therefore we decided that he would intentionally move the knife before carrying on moving Adams body.