Filming blog : Preparation

Our group planned on filming this weekend for our final task. We will be going to Gavin’s house to film. To make for an efficient filming process I will have to do all my preparations before hand. This includes props, actors and camera equipment. For props we need to have “adoption papers” I will create this by using an envelope and printing the characters name on it. We will also need to set up the living room for the scene where the old lady and the teen talk. For our camera equipment we will be using someone’s phone to film. We thought this was the best idea because using the school cameras has potential risk. The camera has a limited battery and I do not want to risk the camera dying in the middle of us filming. Additionally, we will be using a tripod to help prevent shaky footage. Also, if there is a circumstance where we need to re-film and the camera is not available the footage will not match to the new footage we filmed. We finished the storyboard but we haven’t completely decided which camera angles we want to use so before this weekend I will meet with my group and we will discuss which camera angles we want to use for our opening. Tomorrow we plan to film majority of our movie starting with the establishing shot outside of the house. The only scene i do not believe we will be able to get done is the cemetery scene. We do not have a way of driving to the cemetery so we will have to schedule another time to film. We also have not confirmed our ability to film in the cemetery. I have discussed this with my group and we plan to reach out once we confirm a scheduled day to film. One issue that we have is we have not fully confirmed with the actors that they will be able to film. This is a major problem because without actors we cannot film at all. I have been contacting them and if we need to we can reschedule our filming date.
Attached you will find my attempts to contact the actors.