Day 1 of Shooting
To be honest, I knew going into our first day of filming, things would not go according to plan--that's because our plan wasn't well thought out. There was a lack of preparation and a lot of improvisation. The plan was simple at first, everyone was to meet at my house at around 4:30 PM on January 4th. It was actually very difficult to set this date since in the middle of winter break, everyone is spending time with their families. But eventually we set on January 4th! Also, at 4:30 PM we would have time to set everything up and discuss the scenes before the sun started to set.
By the time everyone arrived, we were behind schedule due to my camera saying...no more storage! And without an additional SD card we decided to transfer all my files to the dusty-old laptop. Well, that dusty-old laptop started to heat up and take way too long. It took over thirty minutes to load and save but everything worked out fine, just a bit short of time. In the middle of waiting, we realized we needed an extra camera operator. The only person we knew that could help us was our friend Kayla! She was coincidentally near by and we decided to call her up-- she arrived as soon as possible!
Additionally, there was many problems with the camera shots and angles. Although Kayla was a wonderful person to work with, she was not well-acquainted with the materials since she was not in our classes. It took a bit of effort and a little more time [than needed] to teach her what angles conveyed what and how to zoom in. We had to keep filming over and over again until we got the right shots, but still I wasn't completely satisfied with all the scenes. Overall, we just took up a little too much time as it started to become past everyone's curfews.
We ran into various other problems and decided it would be best to re-film another day. But we learned that this day was not a waste, but a learning experience! If we had not messed up entirely this day then we would have just gotten closer to the deadline, with a terrible film.
Stay tuned for our better filming day!
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