Second Filming Day!

We had rescheduled to one day to get all of the shots with Sydney on Sunday, because she wasn’t available on Monday. It was raining on and off all day, and we shot during the breaks. We made sure to have an umbrella over the camera just in case. We even shot some takes with the actors having umbrellas, but we probably won’t use those. There was cloud coverage the whole time, so if we want to keep continuity, the takes in the neighborhood will have to be reshot. Sydney’s dog, Lily, did a great job behaving while filming. We tried to use the second floor of Sydney’s house to get an establishing shot, but it was either raining, too many trees in the way, or in the wrong direction.

Once there was a pretty stable break, we did our best to get all of the shots that Sydney is in. When we finished filming the street shots, we took a quick break. We packed water, the reflector, and an umbrella to take with us to the second location: the park/forest. We picked Sydney up from her house(she was dropping off her dog) and headed to the park. My mom drove us there. Once we got there we took a short walk to our previously determined location and started getting a feel for it. We took some practice shots to see what worked and what didn’t. Once we got what we had planned for, we decided to improvise some takes. We have multiple options for our last few shots, and when we edit the best one will be chosen. It might even stray into the horror genre more than what we had originally planned.

I mostly directed what I wanted Madelene to do as the camera operator and Josh as the reflector holder. I also acted in all of the shots taken, and led Sydney on what we would be acting like. Here is a picture from the corner that I took of Madelene, Sydney and her dog Lily: