Filming Day #2

 3/17

Yesterday was the second day of filming. Let's goooo! Unfortunately, though we had to start all over again because one of the cast members who was in the previous day of filming was not able to show up because he had to do a big project for another class. Therefore, it was just me, Reeves, Rui, and the cameraman Luke. My brother was the one who could not show up. This did not stop us though we had to work with what was available. We decided to begin from the beginning with just three people hanging out at a friend's house. 

Something good from this video is that my partner Reeves was able to get a stand for the phone. This was very helpful throughout the filming because it really helped the cameraman keep the phone stable. Once we got everything like the plastic cups, the deck of cards, and the golf balls then we started shooting. The first shots we did were of us playing with a deck of cards then it moved to us playing cup pong with the golf ball. Afterward, a friend of Rui (Jordan) showed up at Reeves's house so then we thought maybe we could include him in the opening to make it seem like the hangout is more full of people. Jordan is also experienced with photography so he also gave us some tips for the movement of the camera and lighting of the film. For example, we have these big lights that we brought outside to make the image in the camera brighter so that we could see clearly what was going on in the shots. Well Jordan said that those lights were great but it was too bright for the camera so he suggested to block some of the light with something black. We decided to block it with a black computer case since that was the only thing we could find. 

We did not finish filming all the hangout scenes but I am confident with what we completed. So later today we plan on filming during the day so stay tuned for the next blog because we have decided on changing a few things. The reason we are making some changes is because we have realized that we need more time during the day to work on this project. After all, we are staying up too late working on it and we most of the crew has to wake up early to do other things. Therefore we believe that this works better with our schedules. Yesterday I realized that not everything goes as planned so you have to work around it and find solutions to make things work.