FILMING UPDATES

                                             

                                              FILMING 

Okay lets get wrap up our filming, as much as I would have loved to film our film opening I do not have sufficient expertise in that area whatsoever. If filming were as simple as it seemed everyone would be doing it.That is why Davis and me decided to hire a camera man to film us. Although, we didn't personally film it we were able to guide him on what shots we wanted with our prior knowledge.Such as close-up shot, medium shots, extreme close-up shot and more.

With our knowledge we were able to get the specific clips that we wanted.We practically directed the poor guy on what he should film 😭.We made several changes when filming, for starters we decided to make the opening with no script.This was probably a very risky choice but we thought for the sake of the success of our film that we would be better of without it.

We started by filming in town center. I made sure to fuel myself with a yummy drink and breakfast item and then we began! The first shots were just b-roll of the palm trees, sky and setting.This reflected the Miami atmosphere which represented where we wanted to study.As we filmed we went through our storyboard/checklist which helped us make sure that we stayed on track.This was a guarantee that we wouldn't forget to film any scenes.

Later we filmed the scenes of Davis and me walking in town center and this took many takes since we wanted to capture different angles such as our feet walking, hand movements and a full body shot.

Eventually we switched locations and went to film at Davis house, here we were able to film the individual room scenes and all of the other clips we would want to use to fade in. I brought several simple tops and pants to change into so that it would look as if time had passed.We also made some changes in the setting, instead of filming the grand decision scene in the bedroom we went in the dining room since the lighting was better and we could capture our facial expressions more. Let me just say this part got TIRING, we had to film each scene about 5 times just to change the angles so that we had enough footage to work with.

After hours of hard work Davis and me finished and rewarded ourselves with some amazing chipotle bowls.As anxious as I was to film because I wanted everything to go perfectly.I felt relieved at the end that we had finally accomplished one of the biggest parts.

Now on to editing........