B-ROOOLL

TO shoot more or to shoot less.

I've been going on a lot of bike rides lately, and I realized symbolism is always there if you look for it. When shooting my scene in my room, I carefully place circles all around. Circular candles, art, earrings, ponytails, lights, drawings, etc. I also got the hula hoop that was supposed to be in the friend scene so I played with it. I also wanted to give a little more insight into who the character is and how she's like, because rooms tend to be incredibly personal.

I realized in all my projects I ALWAYS need more b-roll, so whenever I see something that reminds me of my film I've been shooting it, here are a few: 

I feel like I'm so behind, but this week I should be over with everything. I HAVE to, there's no choice after all. My schedule this week consists of: 
 -shooting Monday and Tuesday
-Website and postcard Wednesday 
-Editing Thursday-Sunday 
This way I can dedicate all next week to the CCR and the final touches. It should all go according to plan. My parents are ready for there scene, and on terms of the guidance counselor scene, my cousin is perfect for it! And she just came home, so we will see if it is possible for her to shoot with me, since she's been to three airports recently and it could be a little risky, and I don't want to put anyone in danger. If anything I'll convey it through video call or email. We shall see. 
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Groupie mentality

SPACE is filled ladies and gents. The song is claimed. The band has answered.

I was chilling going through ~instagram~ when I casually see I have a notification, as I check I see this:

Apart from our clearly messed up sleeping schedules depicted by all hours shown in that screenshot, you can also appreciate the precious YES they gave me for allowing me to use their precious song. We have done it, and we're ready to go. Not going to lie this kind of the most fun scene, so it is no longer optional, it is officially one of my faves, and it was very fun to shoot, crazy, but fun.

After receiving this message I felt inspired to do the room scene at once, so I got ready and recorded myself acting crazy:

It was Incredibly hard to record myself with no tripod, no camera movement, and no way of knowing if I was in the frame or in focus. There's many vids of 4 minutes of footage of just a blur. It happened so often that I might just use it, heck it's supposed to be experimental right?

I drew inspiration from this scene of Money Heist, but I'm not sure I captured it so I might reshoot.

I liked how she seems disconnected from her emotions, and follows the rhythm of the music and is trying to deal with her emotions differently. She wants to not deal with them while dancing, and even though she is clearly sad, she tries to enjoy herself. She crumbles as the song progresses and she drinks more. My character won't be drinking, but I want the same disconnection from the emotions to be present. 

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RED GALORE

AND so we continue! 

Shooting has been slow but I was able to shoot the scene where she dances by herself in the room. I've asked my friend Sophie, who has a record player if she can shoot that for me, since I don't have one, and she agreed, so thats that. On the other hand, the band hasn't answered so I might have to change the music she dances to but i have hope, so fingers crossed... 
I had a few issues to shoot this week. I was supposed to borrow equipment from my cousin who was coming home around Tuesday. He kept having to stay so I pushed back on the shooting, and he ended up not coming because he wanted to make the safest decision in terms of his parents who are in the risky age for covid-19. I get it, and honestly I could've shot what I did earlier. I have just been pushing it back because it just didn't feel right. 
I want each scene that is indoors to have the hue of the mood she is in at the moment, so for this scene I chose red. I was supposed to use a gel on the lens, but since I didn't, I hung different color clothes on the lights of my bathroom to see how it looked. Here are the trial shots: 

I decided the red fit the mood and the song better, so I stuck with it, got ready and started filming! 

You might be wondering how without a gel or tripod I achieved that shot... well it took a minute to figure it out and a whole lotta tape.

After doing that I decided to edit a little draft of what the scene would look like based on the footage I had, to see if I had to reshoot, and this is what I came up with

I'm not sure if I'll use all that, and I think I might have to redo it, or use the chiller parts, because I realized that I want less emotion, I want her to seem kind of stoic until the scream at the end, but this might symbolize her wanting to let go and not doing so. I think it might be a good idea to do her normal in another more toned down color like blue or the green I did before, or vice versa. We will see. 

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