Filming Blog: A Change in Plans

          Our plans to film on Wednesday were followed through. Every member of our group, including my neighbor, Nick, was able to show up and participate. We all went to my house together straight after school so it was extremely convenient. Upon entering my house, we realized that we didn't have someone to play the role of the old lady in our film. So, we started brainstorming a way to maintain the same conventions included in our genre with only two actors. We also changed the setting of our film. Instead of filming at my house, we are now filming at Nick's. We believed this will be easier for us since his house is bigger and is always illuminated by natural light. Although this meant that we had to re-film our first two scenes, it was ultimately worth it. This is because it would make our film better in the long run.
          Overall, we filmed about six scenes. Although they weren't all done chronologically, we made sure they were shot well enough to edit them together. Some shots we made sure we included were over the shoulder shots, a two-shot, a couple close ups, and a point of view shot. The over the shoulder shots and the the two shot were mainly used to illustrate conversation between Nick and I. The close ups and point of view shots were used to reveal specific characters as well as the setting of the film (Nick's house). Some shots and editing features that we need to include are an action match and an establishing shot. We plan to make the establishing shot at Nick's house. We also planned to create our action match in another way. Instead of pursuing the cup to knock idea, we decided to slightly change the ending of our film. Instead of the mom being dead, she is still alive which intensifies the dramatic irony asserted in our movie. We are going to use the action match to transition into the scene where we tell the audience she is still alive.