Filming Memories

 After the previous miscommunication on our schedule, we have prepared a day to start filming and that was today. As students, we tend to struggle with managing outside activities and school assignments. This obstacle including our inability to legally drive has made it hard for us to film, Luckily a close friend of mine who can legally drive offered to take us to our filming location. When we first got there our actors Lucy, Mia, and Willow changed into costumes that fit their characters more. This was to portray the essence of the character well. Since Willow was a stalker trying to not be seen we had her dress in sunglasses and a hat. This was essential to hide the stalker from being identified in any way. In addition to that willow wore headphones to fit into the stereotypical jogger who is listening to music. Sadly for our filming project, our actor mia forgot to bring workout clothes to the set so we had to make a change in the script. Knowingly so it would seem odd for a person to go jogging in jeans we addressed that in the dialogue throughout the scenes filmed. While filming I got a good look at the scenery around us. With a vision in my head and the storyboard to follow I knew where each scene should be taken at. We repeatedly filmed scenes multiple times to have backup shots. On the camera we were using to film I noticed that it had various options on how to film. The setting we use the most was called "Cinematic". This mode provided a high-definition quality recording. This setting was great to use since it had blurring features that help the audience distinguish what exactly they should be looking at. As the director, the blurring of certain characters is being used to represent the danger of what these girls will soon be victims of. Overall we knew that if some scenes filmed were not ideal we would refilm those scenes. This is something that is commonly done in the filming world. Overall it was a great day of filming!