catching up

 Wednesday, March 20th, 2024

Disasters

Last night I went to Carsons house and we finished the flashbacks scenes. I saw a cool example online where the boyfriend was a shadow and the girlfriend was in view. Like this:

We tried to recreate it, we used a tall tripod and put two different lights shining on a white wall so it would reflect well. It took us so long because Carsons hands were in view of the frame and it looked a little odd. I haven't decided if I want to use it for my film yet, but this was the best we could get:

Since I'm not yet sure if we'll be using this shot, I did an over the shoulder shot which turned out pretty accurate

The next flashback we used the setting of his room. We made the bed look messy and took alcoholic cans, poured it all out (it was already expired), crushed them, and scattered them on the bed. Then, we did different shots, mainly closeups, low angle, and behind the shoulder. The 'abusive boyfriends' face couldn't fully be in view, because then it would ruin the plot that's carried out in the end of the film. We used a really big, blue watch as the symbol and it worked perfectly. I'll show some shots that I really liked -->

I don't know if I'm fully satisfied with how the flashbacks turned out, but I think the makeup resembled an abusive relationship exactly how I imagined it. I added some green to indicate that there are some bruises 

healing, so they don't all look fresh. 

I also found another shot online that worked perfectly with the film, but I forgot to film it. 

Instead, we did an over the shoulder shot of the boyfriend about to punch Luna, but hesitates and hits the wall. It didn't turn out as realistic as I imagined it, but it worked fine. After that shot, we did a closeup of the boyfriends hand on the wall (wearing the watch). 

Around 4:45 today, we went back to the restaurant to film the part I deleted. Kyle came with the same clothes and hair from when we first filmed. It only took us around 15 minutes, so we were in and out. This is the part I deleted..

Tomorrow, Thursday, I will be completely finished filming. Carson and I will go around sundown back to the restaurant to film the parts we couldn't get to from when the camera died.