Production blog: filming over spring break

Over spring break my partner and I decided to film with the actor playing Johnny. On March 24, we filmed scenes which only required the actor to be present. We decided to meet all up on this day to prevent anymore schedule changes since the actor sometimes can’t meet up because of his job. Earlier this week, the actor told us we could not record in his room so we had to change the setting to my partners parents bedroom. My partner and I decided to record scenes one, two, twelve, thirteen, fourteen, and fifteen. 

As the one in charge of the costumes for our opening sequence project, I told the actor to wear his comfortable clothing before coming since he would be filmed sleeping. Once the actor arrived to my partners house and I drove to her house, we began. First, my partner and I settled in her parents bedroom and we prepared the props. I helped prepare the setting and the bed which the actor would use. My partner and I showed the actor the scripts and let the actor go over it. We explained what we expected for the scenes and our ideas. We also shared with him our storyboard to give him further insight on the story. 

We gave the actor time to practice his acting and once he was ready we began. We began by filming the establishing shot and close-up for scene one. For scene two we filmed the scene in a regular close-up and then went into an extreme close-up. Finally we continued with scenes twelve, thirteen, fourteen, and fifteen. After a series of different shots required for these scenes we finally had the final results. We had to record some scenes multiple times since we were not fully satisfied but at the end it all turned out well. Filming was really tiring but fun, it took us around an hour and a half to record all the scenes. Next film meeting, we will be recording some of the final scenes needed with the actress playing Irene. I am very excited to finish filming and get into editing with my partner.