Filming Blog: Final Task

                                                 Filming Blog: Final Task 

        On March 3rd, I began filming my opening sequence for my final task. While there was a lot of retakes, the process went smoothly. We started late at night to resemble the early next morning. Due to a tight schedule, we just jumped straight into filming. Before a scene with the other actor, I let him know his lines which he learned easily. I tried to keep the script concise in order to stay in between the two minute mark. Also to stay in the margin for scenes that I was planning to have. The first few scenes were easy enough to film. They were just establishing shots, you know, to let the audience know the setting of the upcoming scenes. Only thing that was difficult was waiting for the environment to be clear with no cars incoming. Because no ones going to believe all these cars are passing by at five in the morning. After filming the establishing shots we had ease filming the other eight scenes. The camerawork had to keep alternating between me and the other actor. I recorded the scenes involving him all on his lonesome. The capture of the iPhone ringing from a phone call, also. While he recorded the scenes where I was alone. Had to capture the scenes in certain ways similar to past Dramadies that I had watched before. For our next shooting day, It'll be on the weekend so the morning shots can actually be done in the early morning. Here is a screenshot from one of my establishing scenes done at night though. 



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