Vacation Home Filming (Filming Day 1)

Today is Sunday, December 20th and I am pleased to say once again I am happy with the progression of our film. While we may not have had the most immediate success in terms of planning, filming and editing, there has been a healthy progression, which has meant steady success. For a recap, on Friday the 18th, my group and I decided to film around 10am to 2pm EST. Our goal that day was to accomplish the jeep drone filming as well as scene 1. Scene 1 details the main characters, including myself as Ryan, Sabrina, Jordan, and Skye walking into the house, and critiquing their new "Air B&B". However, Sabrina, a character in the film whose supposed to come off as snobby and spoiled, seems to be unappreciative. At the same time, Skye, an overly energetic and outgoing person, seems to love the house and the friends she is with. Planning of the script and the storyboard really seemed to aid in the process of filming this scene. The script for example, covered almost 2 pages of dialogue. Additionally, there are heading detailing a very general description of the actions in each scene. In terms of the storyboard, it also proved to be a great aid to reference when filming. It showed us the camera angles, shots, and techniques that e needed to use in each scene. For example, we mad great used of mid shots, over-the-shoulder shots, wide shots, and two-shots. 

In terms of a specific scene we filmed, it involved myself, and the other characters, getting out of the Jeep, and then walking through the main door. The initial getting out of the car we had to recruit a camera man in order to ensure we could have all four of us in the scene. We ended up recruiting Hillery's, "Jordan," brother who stood near the door, while I pulled in the car, and we all got out. While we did have a great deal of success there are some things that we did not complete in the first scene. The most important thing that we did not finish was Sabrina critiquing the houses and Ryan turning on the news. Specifically, the turning on the news is a huge plot development for the story and allows the movie to continue to flow. As such, we are going to need to schedule another day to film these scenes, in addition to other scenes such as the grocery store. But overall, I am happy with the progression of the film, but we still need to complete other work to remain on track.