Filming Blog: The Park

        So far, our movie has been a success! We finally got to film last weekend on Saturday. Everything came together so nicely. I was able to bring one of my friends to play one of the parts of the people that we needed, which was very helpful and turned out to be great in the end. Everyone played in their roles very nicely and the lighting was so perfect, we don’t have to worry about reshooting with better lighting. My role  was the kidnapper (the lawyer), and my face wasn’t supposed to show in any of the things that we filmed. I simply had to lure the child in with candy, which was pretty easy and basic. Also, this was the main part of our movie so precision was everything. 

         Then came the part where we had  to get all of the other actors together since we were going to shoot the movie in order of the story board slides. The toddler did create some difficulty and a little bit of a struggle, she was actually a young child, it was difficult to keep her attention throughout the whole time we were filming. So I had to wave one of her toy dolls at her and then lure her in with the candy after she saw the doll. 

         Overall, it was pretty fun filming and taking pictures because the setting was just perfect and so was the lighting. We procrastinated for a while and also had to wait for the area to die down because it actually is a playground and a park and people were there. One of the first rules we were taught about the filmmaking process was to not include individuals in the film that were not meant to be there unless it was for the purpose of the film as if they were bystanders. Of course, we didn’t want to get points off and we want our film to be exactly like the storyboard, so we waited. 

          I must admit, We didn’t use the camera or the tripod to film even though we checked it out. We didn’t use it because it will be too time-consuming to record or risk the battery dying. Also, we didn’t want to record and then have to rush into class the next school day and dump the footage and then save it. So we recorded on our cell phones, and after we finished filming they sent all the footage to me. Then, I sent it to the group chat for it to be reviewed and edited for peer review.