DAY ONE- Bloopers

 Introduction

Welcome Cambridge dream team, this post will cover our production team's behind the scenes content, including our failed attempts, all in preparation for our future film!

In an extreme close-up shot, the camera dolly pushes out to reveal the main character of our film, Mercedes, drinking from a water bottle, which is meant to transition smoothly to its following sequence of her working on assignments, while simultaneously discussing her concerns about Christine.

In this sequence, The same event of the prior to this one occurs, and Lexi M broke out into laughter, and the position of the camera was awkwardly close to her face.

Clips:

In the takes above, our group filmed the banging scene, however due to persistent loud chatter, and the banging sounds not corresponding with the camera shaking, we consistently reshot this scene until we eventually ended up with a product we were satisfied with.

I pretended to draw an image of Mercedes, however, my acting and facial expressions were overly dramatic, and a bit embarrassing, so I insisted our group to reshoot this shot until it resulted in a scene that would suit and match with other scenes without being as overwhelming as this shot.

Marley B (Lizzy), was pretending to be shaken in fear, with her hands tied (they were not actually tied) in a dark closet, and unfortunately, I could hold my laughter in this shot, due to my unprepared appearance, and because of Marley's facial expressions/ acting.

In this shot, I was unprepared for the close proximity that the camera would be from my face, and I initially thought the camera would be at a farther distance from my face.

Due to the appearance of Lexi M walking in the classroom, and without anyone signaling a cue for me to pretend to bicker with Marley, I stood still as a statue in the the doorway of the closet (waiting for a cue), and it caused my group to burst out in laughter.

Reflection

All in all, our group gained improved acting skills, improvising better shot skills on set, to have better cues for action, not breaking character regardless of the proximity of the camera to our faces, and a close-bonded team effort. Overall, our experience was outstanding, and our filming process flowed smoothly, and our group managed to finish filming our final shots that we needed for the day, so that the following class periods can be available for us to resume recording our remaining shots.