Obstacles and Issues on Day 1 & 2
After we set up our scene on saturday me and my friends ran into a variety of problems. We realized this after we glanced over the storyboard and outline andwe realized those shots just would not be possible. To start, we forgot multiple props at home so as a result we couldnt film scenes that contained said props. And for some other shots, they were not possible due to the layout of the house. For example, We couldnt film a mirror shot we wanted because the mirror we wanted to use did not have our desired proportions and also it wouldnt fit on any wall. Another example would be related to us forgetting the props; The protagonist's room wouldnt be possible because we didn't have the amount and props we needed. I also realised that the black clothing I had was getting way too small for me so I had to improvise last second and use a second viable option.
One of the problems we ran into while filming had to do with lighting. Since we arrived a tad late to our friends house, it was already somewhat dark outside. Since most of the shots we planned on shooting for the antagonist revolved around a darker atmoshpere, we couldnt create enough contrast between the dimly lit room and the already dark environment to see anything.
And so we adapted. We had our friend hold a flashlight at a high angle to imitate naturally condesending lighting and that idea worked perfectly. With now enough contrast we were finally able to get some progress done.
Another problem we ran into was the extremely cramped hallway we had to shoot in. A numerous amount of shots we had planned revolved around the hallway, but, the cramped space made it outright impossible to shoot the clips. I solved the problem by suggesting we open a bathroom door for the cameraman to fit into and that problem took care of itself after that.
After we wrapped up filming for day one, we decided to postpone the majority of the leftover scenes for the next day. This is because we had to bring all the props, the right costume, and the right mentality.
As inspired as we were to film the next day, our hopes were sadly crushed by our filming place being unavailiable. This simply ruined our plans we had for the day completely and there was nothing we could do about it because we already shot a varity of shots in the house we were originally meant to film in; so changing that filming location would collapse our setting. Although that situation is horrible, there was a slight upside to this. Since we had more time to film, that gave us more time to prepare and refine our props.
Hopefully tommorow we can actually get to finish most of the filming to then start focusing on the editing aspect of our film opening.
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