Final Task: Filming Blog

 

    This week, the week of 03/01/21, we were, unfortunately, unable to meet-up to begin the filming part of our production process.  This was mainly due to scheduling reasons, with many of us having overlapping schedules, especially during the weekdays. To begin, we all have school to attend during the morning and part of the afternoon. This already limits the time we would have available during the weekdays. To add on, on this particular week, multiple of us had tests to study for. Harlow had a Chemistry test and I had both a Pre-Calculus test and an English test. This limited the time we had after-school even more than before. Not only this but some of us had extracurriculars after-school that would’ve interrupted our meeting time. I, for one, have volleyball practices later in the day, which would’ve caused me to have to leave early if we had ended up meeting up. Because of this we decided that our best option would be to meet up over the weekend instead. We determined this would be the best option because this would be when we have the most time available and would be the time where our schedules don’t overlap. However, I didn’t want the time that we were unable to meet up to get wasted. Instead I decided to use this time to find the necessary supplies that would be needed to film over the weekend. This included finding supplies around the house such as lighting equipment and props. I also used this time to research different types of sounds that we would need to add to our title sequence. This includes both sounds that would have to be found on the internet and different types of sounds we would have to film ourselves. The sounds that we would have to film ourselves would include sounds such as thuds, bangs, or doors slamming. Not only this, but part of the music could also be filmed by us because one of our group mates, Juanita, knows how to play the piano. This would make our title sequence sound more original and authentic. All of this would overall make the filming process over the weekend run much more smoothly since we would already have all necessary equipment and have all the types of sounds we plan on recording planned out.


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