Wow this week went way better than last that’s for sure.
Last weekend, we re-shot our office scene that was absolutely awful from our first rough cut, so that was a success. We had a lot more time to get ourselves organized and get all of the shots that we need, and even get a little experimental with some of our shots and getting out of our comfort zone. For example, the drawer shot from when Becca takes the newspaper out of it. We had thought of that shot almost on the spot since we wanted variety and wanted to see how it might’ve looked in editing and it turned out pretty great. It also made for a lot better continuity than we originally had since our first session was so rushed and overall just awful in general. Seeing the time-frame some directors have to work with is really tough and I’m glad that I don’t have to deal with an actual budget with real money, I think I would cry. But I can definitely understand the struggle of time constraints.
Struggles
While shooting went well, that didn’t change the fact that we definitely struggled in some parts of it. The most prominent thing, our newspaper, literally the most important prop, I left at home. While I go more into detail on how I miraculously recreated this, I really learned that forgetting a prop or making it incorrectly can really ruin the meaning and tone of the sequence if not implemented correctly. Some other struggles we might have in the future is the recording of the dialogue. I haven’t listened to all of it yet, but I hope it sounds okay and can be synced correctly with the certain shots and other ambient sound in the back. Plus, taping the singular airpod to the inside of Tommy’s collar wasn’t exactly easy as it kept falling out. Hiding those sorts of things proved to be pretty difficult. We also had some trouble with blocking and putting the camera in the correct place for the sort of angles we want, but it didn’t hinder too much of our shooting. Becca was also taller than Sitara, so getting any shot from over her shoulder was difficult for Sitara, but not completely impossible.
Accomplishments
We did end up having an amazing rough cut in the end, thank goodness. We also got a lot of work done plus good blog posts out of this weekend and last week when we planned for the re-shooting of our office scene. I’m busy the next few weekends, so the fact that we got everything done this weekend was really good for me and Sitara both. I also managed to recreate our newspaper and even something better with the supplies there. The black and white aspects of the newspaper creates a feeling of old-fasion and not completely modern (despite the setting but it’s fine), so it still nearly follows our proposal from before.
Into The Truth 