Entry #13: A Barrage of Barking

Mood: Content

Hey! Yesterday, Srish and I filmed the last scenes needed for our film opening, which was super exciting! Now, I have all of the shot and sound editing to look forward to, heh. With one week of class time left and a little more before our projects are complete, it's kind of crazy that this project is almost over.

We had a few obstacles to overcome yesterday as we filmed. For example, there was a dog that kept barking next door and interrupting our scenes, but that's not all; the dog's owner was BARKING TOO. Like, the guy was screaming and barking with his dog. It was never-ending. After the neighbor finally quieted himself and his dog, we were able to get through our scenes. 

This time around (the 2nd shoot), we recruited my friend Kassidy to be Lindsay, a sassy character, which worked out extremely well considering that she is naturally a sassy person. After reviewing the footage, Srish and I agree that she was a great casting decision. She embodies Lindsay perfectly with her ~~inner sass~~.

In order to prevent creating super boring scenes (like last time), we tried to incorporate more movement and more interesting dialogue. We are hoping that the Grace and Lindsay scenes will turn out well, but we haven't been able to find any music that truly captures the mood during the scenes. That's one of the main reasons that the scenes seem so quiet. Above is an example of one of the scenes where we tried to add movement, but it still might not be enough.

As for the editing, I searched for tips on editing and found a few helpful pages that I added to the "Research Resources" section of my blog. These resources briefly outlined the best steps for editing. I created a rough draft of what our film would look like by adding all of the scenes that we wanted to use. For one part, we scripted a phone call between Lindsay and her mother, one with plenty of sass; however, the scene ended up being too long, so we could not incorporate it into the sequence. We decided to improv (this can be SO dangerous for us), and Lindsay instead texted her mother, the scene coming out much shorter and useful.