Our Experience
After messing with the equipment a little bit we realized that we'd need a little bit more help so we reached out to Kelz Kelly, an amazing videographer in the grade below us. He was kind enough to lend us some equipment and help us with figuring everything out. MASSIVE shoutout to him because he made everything go so much smoother because he knew what he was doing. We both were understandably a little nervous about filming. For one, it was that the both of us had gathered with people who weren't family members. There was a little bit of edge about working closely (but not too close) with other people and then of course, there was the social component. We read that making our actors comfortable was the best way to get good performances but we were all still trying to shake the quarantine, haven't-really-interacted-with-people awkwardness. Another thing we were nervous about was possible mistakes we might make. We didn't want to come across as amateurs, even though we are, so we did a lot of research to make sure we were ready. It turned out to be a super low stress environment because short films was new everyone, our actors included. On the first day, everyone showed up and we worked with the actors and made sure that everything felt comfortable for them. It was important that they felt comfortable over anything else so we just ran the scenes and let them do whatever felt natural. Sticking to the script wasn't super important and we actually ended up cutting and altering some of the scenes. Issues We Came Across One of the first problems we encountered was the camera battery. Though we'd tested it and everything when it came down to the real thing, it didn't last as long as we had planned. The first day of shooting was cut short because the battery died and so after that we were really on crunch time. Since it was Spring Break and we were working around schedules, we had to adjust out dates as well. Drew, our outside actor, wasn't on Spring Break so we couldn't start until after 1 on some days and after 3 on others. We were also traveling for Spring Break so we filmed on Monday of the first week and then only a few days the following week. There was a huge gap in between our first day of shooting, almost a week, but instead of hurting the process it kind of benefited us. Since everyone was still adjusting to new equipment, social environments, and overall just being out in fresh air, it was admittedly nice to just process how the first day went and see where we can do better. We starting filming again on Sunday and it felt like everyone was just a little bit more prepared because we all knew what to expect.
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May 2021
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