Filming - Day 1

Production is officially underway for the short film with today being our first time on set. Here’s a rundown on the experience!

This shoot was for the romance scene, which is the third scene in the film and has the Protagonist horribly attempting to act like they went through a break up. While it is not one of the longer scenes in the film, it did take a while to get our bearings both from a production and acting stand point. Edward is not by any means an actor, so it was definitely rough for him to act emotional on camera. I was personally a bit nervous in general, but as we continued pushing through each take, it was exciting to see the story we wrote come to life. The scene was filmed at a local parking lot during sunset into the night, with the dying light being a strong visual indicator of the fictional relationship fading away. The issue with it being filmed in a parking lot, though, is that at any given moment things can get extremely noisy. Since I was boom mic operating on top of directing, I heard all of this first hand. Cars, music, background conversation, all of which bleeding into different recordings that were dialogue driven. Fortunately we had the patience to wait it out until we were able to capture the perfect take.

A still of the Protagonist fake crying.

Overall, today was successful and a great start to this four day marathon of production. Tomorrow we will go cover the opening scene and the horror section of the montage. Wish us luck!