Monday, March 9, 2020

Planning the Reshoot

Planning the Reshoot

The next step in filming my final project is the fated reshoot. In the beginning, I thought the idea of a reshoot sounded stupid, in all honesty. It sounded time consuming and I was really overconfident in how my film would turn out the first time everything was shot. But now that i’ve looked back at the comments people have on it, mainly from the peer review, I can see there are definitely some things that just aren’t right. Even when me and my group were editing it honestly just didn’t seem totally right to me. I think our storyline is very flawed and we don’t make enough use of the different angles we need to incorporate. Now that the reshoot is coming up soon, it should run smoother and we should be able to get actual proper footage this time. I mean, when we filmed some things like the scene at the dinner table, the footage just didn’t come out right at all. The lighting from the windows was so bright that when the camera focused only on Jaheim it was basically impossible to see anything other than his massive silhouette. Also as i’ve heard from peer reviews... our storyline is exactly very clear, at least in terms of what we’re trying to do with it. The general idea is there, our props are really good and everything makes sense but the story itself isn’t fleshed out enough. It feels more like a kind of confusing introduction to a movie that you didn’t watch the trailer for. I think that the reshoot is gonna have to be the time where we fix all of our mess-up’s and add in some new angles so that we can actually fit the criteria to pass. Yes, filming can be fun and it shouldn’t feel so much like a chore since this is just a high school class, but it would be pretty nice to actually pass the class so I can get my credit. We’re going to film again on the weekend (I think) so hopefully the weather will cooperate this time and just be sunny. Although I must say, i’m not ready to wear those ridiculous heels on my feet again. They’re monstrous, it’s like being put through torture but it’s just on your feet. Being in costume in general is not going to be very enjoyable for me. I don’t like being touched, but someone has to do my hair and someone has to do a bit of makeup on me so i’m gonna have to deal with people running their hands all over my head again without screaming at them. My self control has grown an astounding amount since I started this class at the beginning of the year. But with all that being said, I hope this reshoot goes better than the first filming sessions.

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