Re-shooting was a huge success! At least I like to think it was. With enough time to get all of our shots in and being able to redo certain shots with experimenting with angles and movement was really helpful. Our setting was better as well since it actually reflects a sort of office and detective feel we are really going for.
However, this isn’t a project with Taylor if she didn’t forget something.
I had made a nice looking newspaper with an article and everything, and I left it at home. That’s a neck. I don’t even know how I left it cause I spent a good hour on it too. But it actually worked out for the better since the newspaper is now black and white and hints towards the fact that it’s an older time period, even though we kind of ditched that idea but it still reverts back to it as well. We also made the newspaper better since the back of it was obviously not our “newspaper” and the pieces of paper I used were a completely different color than the front.
To create this newspaper, I first printed a picture of the screenshot that we needed, the bloody hand print, and sized that well enough to fit a reasonable newspaper sized picture. Then I printed the heading along the lines of a murder at the Moore Manor. I made sure this was big, but not bigger than the name of the newspaper (Wolff Daily). I created a small article to fit on the left side of the picture just to give some context, but also to make it look more like a newspaper since I’m not a newspaper manufacturer. I covered up the rest of the exposed newspaper space with scrap pieces of white paper. Once this was finished, we covered the backside of the newspaper with a different newspaper as well that was still the same color. We were recording our scene and noticed the extreme discoloration of the whiteness of our paper compared to the newspaper when Tommy grabbed the newspaper. It wasn’t appealing at all to say the least, so easily making that change was a good idea.
The amount of blank white on the newspaper wasn’t completely intentional, but it brought more attention to the picture and the headings as well, so it worked out well in the end. Our printer also didn’t have any color toner, so it just happened to be black and white but that gave the idea of an older sort of time period which works well for 1990’s. It also had a few more features than my old newspaper had, so making this one made things easier for us in the longrun. All things happen for a reason I guess.
Experiencing this loss of a prop made me realize how difficult it can be on an actual set if a prop is lost or something goes wrong that isn’t supposed to and suddenly filming is delayed. Thank goodness I’m not actually spending $10,000 on all of this. I would cry.
Into The Truth 