Lights. Camera. Action.

 Today was filming day one. Surprisingly, there were a lot of obstacles but we were able to adapt to them to make sure the film opening was still on schedule. We were able to film the shots with Malia’s sister who bursted into the room telling her she was late. We were originally going to use Julia’s actual sister, but she declined and we asked our friend Sasha to be in it last minute. Since we knew her time was limited we filmed her scenes first. Then we set up the props in the room and filmed the shots with the different objects around the room to show Malia’s personality. We were not able to film as much as we wanted to due to the fact that it was raining and there were people cutting their grass outside. Who knew people made so much noise?

Another obstacle we encountered was having to switch the filming location. While originally we filmed in Julia’s room, we changed it to my room because the layout would allow us to manipulate the camera more. In total, we spent an hour filming and setting up. We dedicated the first day of production to preparing Malia’s room and filming the shots that did not require much sound. In the future, we need to look at the weather and consider how it would impact our progress, even if we are filming inside. I would still call the first day of production successful since we were able to accustom ourselves to what filming is like. Below are pictures of our set: