Creating the Setting

The other day I began filming my movie. I decided to film the first part at my house. This was just the first session out of 3 my group plans to do. In order to film at my home I had to do a few things to prepare. A handful of the scenes were in my room. Because of this, I had to move a lot of things around. I had to make room for the cameras so I had to remove a bunch of stuff so the camera couldn't be blocked. I also decided I wanted a bird's eye view shot. This was a very tricky shot to get as the camera person couldn't just stand high and hold the camera or else feet would be in it. To solve this I had to get very imaginative. I have lights in my room that are all connected by a metal pole. Luckily this pole bends, moves, and rotates around. This meant I could rest my phone on my lights. This got a really cool bird's eye view shot that wasn't blocked by any obstacles or feet. Another issue was I had to get a few scenes from the front of my house. The issue was the cars were in the driveway, causing many obstacles and issues I needed to avoid. To solve this I had to ask my neighbors if I could park in their yards or driveways. Luckily they said yes. This let my group get shots outside my house without any cars being obstacles. The final issue was that I had been filming for a long time and I was quickly running out of daylight. Luckily my group only had a few outdoor shots so I quickly finished them all. The one that was the hardest was the scene of me walking down the street to Sean's house. The sun was low and if directly at it, ruined the shot. Luckily I found a very tall bush down the street that let the sun rays in without blinding the camera. Thanks to solving all these issues around my house I was able to do everything I needed in a day.