Our Filming Journey! Part 1

Hey guys! So today technically was our first day of filming???

In reality, today was NOT our first day of filming... I'll go more in-depth in another blog post, but we truly began filming on Thursday. We had stayed after school to film all of the in-school scenes, and this is how it went!

Our very talented background actors!

This is the HUGE group of people that we had to work with, and to be honest, keeping them quiet was honestly the hardest part about this. They would be joking around and a little loud while we were filming, but luckily, Isabel was able to control them. Throughout this process, I pretty much took control since Isabella wasn't able to raise her voice due to also being sick. It was almost like trying to herd sheep! But besides this little aspect, I feel like they really helped the project come to life and seem more realistic. One shot that we filmed was an establishing shot of the school and the hallway, and we gave these kids the simple instruction to just act natural and walk up and down the hallway, and they did great! It might honestly be my favorite shot of what we've shot so far. Due to the time constraints that some of our actors had, we decided that it would be best to record the scenes with them first so that the people who would have to leave could leave, and then we would be able to record the scenes with just Mariana and Isabel. 

Focusing our shots on Mariana and Isabel went pretty smoothly! Having the storyboard handy helped so much and made the process go faster. One small issue that we had was that our girls had to learn the script right then and there, so they had some trouble with that. Nevertheless, they did a great job of memorizing the script, and they both absorbed the characters. We had asked some of our people to stay behind to just linger in the hallways for continuity's sake! Enjoy this silly video of Mariana forgetting her lines.

With our production, we are planning to have a lot of match cuts for editing, so that was a bit hard, but I'm sure that I'll be able to figure it out during the editing process! During filming, we had to make sure that we were all in the same spot so our match cuts would come out as seamlessly as possible. 

Mariana and Isabel being upset over the band

Due to the time and location that we were filming in, we faced a LOT of distractions. Since we were filming in a hallway near the band room, you can HEAR the band rehearsing in the back. It was honestly so funny. It was frustrating because we just wanted to get it done, but it wasnt too bad. If they do end up popping up in our video, we're just gonna have Mariana and Isabel record their lines and we just dub their voices. 

Filming our scene at school didn't take as long as we anticpated thankfully. Isabella and I work very well together. Today we mainly split the work and I was doing all of the cinematography while she was being the director! I find that we are definitely more efficent this way and were very good at communicating with each other and our actors.But straight after we finihsed, we drove to Lauren's house to film in her room! Stay tuned for the next blog post with more in depth commentary for the rest of our filming journey!