Filming: Re-film and Re-plan

Yesterday we decided to re-film our opening scene. We originally chose to do this because we wanted to switch over from using a phone to using the school camera. We checked one out and once we were ready to film we realized that we did not have an SD card to film with. This was my fault because I insisted that we did not need to check out an SD card because I had my own to use. The benefit of using your own SD card is that other groups do not have access to your footage. This being said when it came time to film I forgot to bring the SD card meaning that we would not be able to film. While my group mates were pretty upset I did not find it that big of a deal because for this occasion Amelia was available to film and she had an iPhone with the highest quality. If anything I thought it would be easier to film with the phone for the same reasons I mentioned in my previous blog. It gives us more freedom with the footage and does not limit us to only editing in class. After we sorted out the SD card issue I brought the group together to discuss out filming plan. While we did have our storyboards I felt that our idea did not completely fit within our genre and we needed to add more suspense. My group felt the same way so we brainstormed ideas that we could use to keep the majority of the opening the same but still add a factor of suspense. This was a bit difficult considering the group was already on edge because of the SD card situation. Many times I would have to bring the group back to focus on the task at hand. After multiple ideas being thrown around we decided it would be easiest to change just the ending and keep the mother alive. Once we finally finished discussing out film plan we got to the actual filming part. However, discussing the filming plan took up almost all of our time leaving us with a small window to actually film. In this small window we re-filmed the opening scene and began to film the second scene. Although Amelia was there I continued to take on the role of the director. I would give our actors direction on the new script because we changed some of the dialogue and action. Additionally, I was in charge of the shots we used and the order in which we filmed.