Filming!!!

 HI BLOG! Today's a very exciting day to talk about, but it was also really stressful. Yesterday. Andrea, Lucia, and Gaby (a friend of ours, playing Bella) met up to film our project. I took place of Andreina, playing Mara. We filmed a total of 93 videos! They're mostly retakes of the same shots, though. We mostly stuck to the shots in the storyboard along with a few others that we thought were better at the time.

    The script file Andrea wrote is linked here. She focused on how we usually all talk as friends. However, during filming, we changed a few parts of dialogue that made it flow more naturally. We also cut out an entire part of Valerie asking Bella where Mara was, since we were worried about time. Instead, we decided to make it offscreen while Mara is in the bathroom. Andrea created voice recordings with Gaby for the parts that will be offscreen.

    We faced a few other problems, too. I brought a tripod that I borrowed from my cousin, but there were a few angles, such as very low angles, that the tripod couldn't hold. This led us to holding it by hand, making it shaky and looking like a handheld shot, which wasn't what we were going for. We even tried holding onto each other for support, but it didn't help much. If we ever end up reshooting, we can think of ways to fix this. We also had a lot of limited time, as it was a Sunday (school night!!) and we really wanted to keep the use of natural lighting. Luckily, we were able to focus and get it done before the sun set.

The final shot of the opening, where we were able to use the tripod

Lucia holding onto Andrea to get a stable, high position

    I'm posting this pretty late, but I just wanted to show that most things went well, and we most likely won't redo the whole thing. We'll edit everything together, and if there are any problems, we'll meet up again to reshoot. I know I said I didn't want to have this mindset, but we have time! I'll update with editing and others soon.