Filming Logistics

 

        We are starting to film this week... Now it's really starting to feel real. 

        So, I want this post to work as a guideline to what our filming process will be looking like starting this week. We plan to start filming tomorrow morning since we don't have school for SAT Day, which is amazing because it makes it way easier for us to find time to film. Violette, her sister (our lead), and I are going to meet up at the gas station tomorrow at 10:30 am to film the beginning of our opening. We decided to film the gas station scene first because we already have all the props for it, while we are still waiting on some of the other props to be delivered for the funeral scene. We made a list of all the things each of us have to bring tomorrow so we don't end up forgetting something (see image below) and having to stop filming because of that. We have a gas station to go to in mind that's near our house (Indian Trace) and that we know might possibly let us record inside. We have other options in case that's too full or they don't let us film. However, we plan on using a bathroom that's not in a gas station. A friend of ours works at a restaurant that's also pretty close to us and has a bathroom that has that dull, ominous look we are going for. The restaurant is also a lot quieter and less busy than a gas station would be, so that means fewer potential interruptions. 

        We will film as much as we possibly can tomorrow in order to have space to play around with shots and editing when the time comes, but we won't be able to get everything. So, we are planning on filming the funeral scenes, and whatever we don't get done tomorrow, either Friday afternoon, Saturday or Sunday, depending on lighting and availability; but we are definitely filming at some point this weekend. That's when we are planning to film outdoors. We have a few options for locations as both me and Violette live near green areas. We don't really need a perfect field or perfect lighting for these scenes because we are using a lot of close-ups which won't focus much on the setting, but it still should be bright enough to look good. For this scene, as I said before, we are still waiting on some props to arrive and I have to make some of them (the picture that goes on our picture frame & the gravestone), but we pretty much have everything else in hand.

        We really plan on over-filming so we have enough content to play around with. After we are done with filming, we plan on recording our voice over. This will be done either this weekend or through the course of next week (we plan to finish recording altogether by next weekend). We'll get our lead to record these voice overs so the voice matches the face and then we will decide how we will space this sound over the course of the opening.

Here's the updated version of this week on my calendar:

        I think that it's very important to be prepared in terms of scheduling when starting a big task like this one because, at least in my case, it makes it feel less daunting. The blog posts to come will probably include pictures and details of our filming locations and updates on our filming process.