Filming: What Went Wrong

Kaitlyn and I made a lot of mistakes during filming. At Kaitlyn's house, I jumped too high. Because of this, my head hit her lamp, and pieces of glass fell. This was dangerous for Kaitlyn and me. Kaitlyn grabbed a broom and began to clean up the mess while I got a band-aid. I had a small cut on my finger and it healed quickly. We made sure that there was no more glass on the floor before we continued filming. We could've filmed in a different location to prevent this from happening.

In addition to this, it began to rain. This was extremely inconvenient because the majority of our scenes at Kaitlyn's house needed to be filmed outside. The rain started to slow down, so we decided to film in the rain. However, there was an umbrella preventing the camera from getting wet. Some of the scenes we needed to film were under a cover. This allowed Kaitlyn's camera to stay dry while still making filming progress.

Lastly, I didn't have a cake to use for the first scenes. Because of this, Kaitlyn and I had to go to the store to by 2 donuts. We decided to get an extra donut just in case. This problem was easily resolved. After this, we continued filming. Other than these 3 problems, the filming process went smoothly. We worked efficiently and finished in one day.

Filming: Stephanie's House

Later that day, Kaitlyn and I went to my house. We had to film the other half of our project. Luckily, we only had to film indoors because it was raining. However, for the first scene, we needed a cake or a pastry, but I didn't have one at my house. We then walked to the nearest gas station/convenience store in the rain. There, we bought 2 donuts with colorful sprinkles. We got the extra one just in case anything happened. We also couldn't use the same mask we used at Kaitlyn's house because it got too wet. However, my mom had some leftover painting masks that we could use. Filming went smoothly, and we didn't have any memorable problems. We attached Kaitlyn's camera onto the O ring light stand, but we didn't have a place to put the actual light. We ended up putting it in a light that thankfully worked. There was one scene where I had to fall from my chair onto the floor. So we put pillows down to break the fall. We decided to take every precaution so we wouldn't get injured. In addition to this, we had water next to the burning candle just in case anything happened. For the crying scene, I had to put eye drops in my eye, and look at the camera without blinking. When the camera began to record, I closed my eyes and then the "tears" fell from my eyes. Overall, the filming process went smoothly. Kaitlyn and I work well together, so we always stay ahead of schedule.

Filming: Kaitlyn's House

On Saturday, I went to Kaitlyn's house to film. We sorted our storyboard into 2 sections based on locations. We set up the camera and tripod outside, and it began to rain. We then moved everything inside and set up for our indoor scenes. We filmed the scene where I found Kaitlyn. We took at least 2 takes of everything to ensure that we got a good shot. Overall, the inside scenes went smoothly, but there was one problem. In one scene I had to jump over Kaitlyn's feet to get to the other side of her. In one take, I jumped too high, and my head hit the lamp. Part of the lamp broke. In addition to this, glass started falling downwards. I caught some pieces of glass before it hit the ground. Luckily, there were no major injuries. Kaitlyn cleaned up the mess while I put a band-aid on my finger. Luckily we had the first aid kit nearby. The rain stopped, so we filmed outside. It was going well until it began to rain again. The weather conditions weren't ideal, but we set up an umbrella and continued filming in the rain. The rain was inconsistent, which was helpful. This allowed us to quickly film when it wasn't raining.

Planning: Storyboard

Today we created our storyboard. Each box contains 2 seconds of film. Therefore, we filled out 10 paged. Kaitlyn is artistic, so she physically drew 5 pages, while Stephanie struggled with the other half. Stephanie wrote what was happening during each scene for her pages while Kaitlyn wrote down hers. The storyboard took a while to complete. However, it will be extremely useful when we are filming. Storyboards allow us to look at our plot and know the lighting, and location of each scene. This will greatly benefit us and save our time when we begin to film. After the storyboard was completed, we took pictures of the storyboard and uploaded them into our google slide.

Planning: Title Design

My partner and I decided the title design that we will be using. We wanted to use colors like red because the name of the movie is "Red Dot".  We are also using green because it is viewed as a "correct color." We decided on how each of the titles will look, and how they will enter and exit the screen. We also listed important information like the actors and the "company names." This was similar to the participants. This was important because we decided on company names. We decided to use our initials, therefore the production company is "SK Productions." We feel that our title slides are well presented. However, we are willing to make changes if necessary.

Planning: location, schedule, participants, safety

We addressed our location, schedule, participants, and safety. We figure out which scenes we will film at Stephanie's house, and which scenes we will film and Kaitlyn's. For example, all of the action scenes will be filmed at Kaitlyn's house, because she has a backyard. We believe that when someone is in a situation similar to this, they are in lighter colored rooms like white or beige. Therefore, those scenes will be filmed at Stephanie's house. We also discussed our schedule when we both can film. This is important because we need our entire group to be there when we film. Luckily, the group consists of Kaitlyn and Stephanie. We also decided who would get credited for each job. We are very excited to begin storyboarding.

Planning: sound blog

Today we started our sound script. We already had an idea in mind that there would be little to no dialogue in our film. We will be mostly relying on background music and sound effects in this film. In the scenes where Stephanie is discovering the red dot on her wrist (scenes 1-6) we wanted to build up the feeling of curiosity and suspense. We will be including a voice over of me singing happy birthday to create a sort of ominous feeling. There will be a screeching noise then silence which causes the audience to become fascinated about what these sounds mean. Later on, when Stephanie gets taken away by guards there will be many high action scenes. We will be included fast tempo music for these parts to create the feeling of excitement. There will be gun shots involved in these scenes as well. Lastly, these action scenes will be when the characters say their small lines.

Planning: Shooting blog

Today we made our shooting script. We were able to stick to most of our plot when creating this script. We had our first couple scenes show Stephanie getting the red dot on her wrist on her 16th birthday. We wanted her actions in these scenes to convey the dread she has when she receives the red dot.  The next few scenes after are apart of Stephanie's flash forward of when Stephanie gets taken away by guards. We wanted these scenes to have a lot of action which is why we added violence in these scenes. We added scenes of me being a fellow "prisoner" and Stephanie attempting to help me escape. The last few scenes will be Stephanie coming back to reality, which is the moment shes about to be taken away by the guards. There are some things we still haven't decided yet, like the name of Stephanie's character. We also want to have my sister play an extra in this film but we aren't able to confirm that she will participate yet.