SHOOT 2 preparation and reflection

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PREPARATION

Key points on what I/we did to prepare:

COSTUME, HAIR, MAKE-UP: 

Baby (protagonist):

- We had him come in in the same costume as the last shoot;

    - 'casual' Jacket

    - Jeans

    - Plain white t-shirt

(reference image)

Villain:

    - Full suit

    - Facial Hair

(reference image)

SCRIPT/SCREENPLAY, REHEARSAL, DIRECTION: 

We plan to do most of the directing on the shoot as we have limited time we can spend with the actors beforehand, however the things we plan to do/did:

• We spent some time figuring out and choreographing the scene 
• We made sure to send the actors the reference images
• We sent actors reference scenes so they could better understand our direction
• We made sure the cast knew that we planned to do multiple takes of the same actions
• Cast had access to a screenplay before the shoot began

LOCATIONS, PROPS, SET DRESSING: 

Location 1: Kitchen

• We will need ingredients for what he is cooking (spaghetti)
•  Speakers on counter
• Set table

Location 2: Public Church

LOGISTICS, H+S: 

Kitchen scene:

• We plan to offer some catering for the cast and crew in the form of snacks and soft drinks 
• We will have to rely on public transport for some of the crew
• Most of the cast lives 5 mins away from the filming location so they can walk to the shoot

Church scene:

• Were all taking the public bus with the camera equipment to get to the church
• There is no catering provided for this scene as it is currently illegal to eat in public

THE SHOOT

An overview of what happened.

RUSHES

REFLECTIONS ON THE SHOOT

Assessing what you did ... and what you didn't do. And what comes next.

CAST PERFORMANCE + COSTUME; PREFERRED READING: 

We both thought that the final product was not good enough and that we hadn't achieved our creative vision;

• The choreography wasnt suited to the environment so we ended up scrapping most of our ideas 
• The protagonist character has to be re-cast
• We need to make sure we have the right costumes available (Full suit)
• We need to rework the screenplay to include narrative enigma 
• Dancing needs to be much more emphasized instead of cooking, this will be done by having a simpler recipe next time (sandwich)  

CREATIVITY; ACTS OF GOD?: 

• It took us much longer than expected to film the kitchen scenes so the natural light changed throughout the scene ruining continuity
• The villain forgot the full suit and showed up in sweatpants
• The choreography we had planned out didn't work well in the kitchen as it was planned outside the kitchen
• Protagonist showed up in different clothes when we shot the church scene again ruining the continuity

SUMMARY: WHAT NOW?: 

Overall we were fairly disappointed with our final result and after receiving feedback we made plans to re-shoot and re write the screenplay. 

Heres what we plan to change:

• Were going to re cast the protagonist 
• Make sure costumes and mise-en-scene are prepared beforehand
• Focus more on the dancing instead of cooking (more cut away takes of protagonist dancing)
• Were going to change the script in order to add narrative enigma (not reveal the protagonist immediately) 
• were going to make sure we record it at a better time so we can take more advantage of the natural light (11:00 am)
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