Filming Time

Filming Time

Hey guys!

We have finally started and finished our filming process! Janey took one full day to film. Originally we planned on spacing it out for her among a few days, but we realized that it would be better to film in the order of the day in which the scenes occur since our film opening is rather chronological and sequential. We were originally going to have Janey film one scene of her on the bike during the sunset on one day, but then we realized that as the next scenes of her at the mailbox came, it would have different lighting. This was not something we could control, so we decided it would be best to film the scenes in the order in which they occur. 

Here is one of the props we bought on Amazon way before everything starting being delivered 16 days after order date:

At first everyone in the group was a bit hesitant as to if the filming process would work. We had multiple doubts including, if Janey's brother who was film savvy would be available to help her film. We knew Janey could not film the scenes of her outside and walking into her house by herself, and a tripod would not work either. We had to coordinate with Janeys mom and brother (who was luckily able to help her film some scenes). It was more than just the three of us at this point, because the two people filming were important and vital to our overall production process. 

We also, back when we were still in school, we were planning on using Janeys brothers' professional camera to film. However, due to him having to go home early due to Corona Virus, he had limited space and unfortunately could not bring it home. We ended up using Janeys iPhone 8 Plus. Our second backup if her brother did not have his professional camera was to use either my phone or Andreas, as we both have the 11. However, due to our circumstances, we had to adapt with our filming equipment as well as many other things in our project. 

Since Janey was filming everything by herself, we decided that Andrea and I would evenly split up the editing process. Andrea was going to edit the first part of the film opening, and send export it to Google Drive, where I would retrieve it and edit the second half. During our editing times we agreed to face time each other if we needed advice. If we were not in self isolation, we would really have been next to each other editing, but again, we had to adapt and work with the situation we were in. 

The night before filming we all planned out Janeys outfit and made sure she had everything ready for the next day, so we could ensure we caught the sun as it was setting. 

Janey kept us in touch as she was filming. We were there to give her advice and suggest things along the process of her mom and brother filming her. This was not ideal, as having been the ones to directly film the footage would have been the best option, we again were adapting. 

Janey started to film around 7 pm in the night, because our opening scenes included a beautiful sunset which we really wanted to capture. As well as getting the sunset in the shots, we also had good lighting for Janey while she was riding her bike. This overall alone enhanced the shot exactly how we pictured. It did not take a long time at all for Janey to get all of the shots we needed. Now, it is time for Andrea and I to take over and begin the editing process.

Here I wanted to show really how much the sunset enhanced the scene of Janey on the bike. 

Here is a before and after:

BEFORE SUN

AFTER SUN