Calling Card: Production Issues and Obstacles Cambridge Project

1st and 2nd day Filming Issues and Obstacles

After we set up our scene which you'll see in the next blogpost we ran into a multitude of problems for the planning aspect of our production. We recognized some of the problems as we looked at our planned storyboard for our outline of opening and realized that some of our planned shots wouldn't be possible. Some of the shots weren't possible because either we didn't have the props or the layout simply wouldn't work. For example, we were planning to use a shot revolving around a mirror but the angle and position the mirror in made that impossible. Another example, is for the protagonists scene as we lacked a lot of the props necessary to make up the dirty room aesthetic. It even began to get dark outside since we started filming late in the afternoon. 

We also didn't accomplish as much as we had hoped because we were beginning to interact and work with each other in a new environment. After all of these factors we decided to consider this as the testing day and postponed more of the filming for the next available day.

Other obstacles occurred when we actually filming some of the shots for the opening. Our first obstacle was the issue with the lighting. We really struggled get the correct lighting for our shots for a long period of time. This was because it was pretty dark outside and we wanted to film a darker scene but due to no natural light coming in we couldn't see anything. We overcame this obstacle by having one of our friends hold a flashlight/use their phone at a high angle to get the lighting just right to portray the creepy and mysterious feeling for the antagonist.

Another issue was how cramped the shooting space for the scene was as the hallways in the house were very narrow which made it hard to shoot and walk in. Marat fixed this problem by suggesting to opening the bathroom door in the hallway to create some additional space so I could record him. Overall, our start was pretty bad. but we had high hopes for the next day. 

Unfortunately, our hopes were sent down the drain as we got the news that we wouldn't be able to go to our friend's house to film. This completely ruined our plans of getting the filming done by this week. There is an upside though as this gives us more time to gather any required props. Hopefully by tomorrow we will have our filming process done so we can focus on the editing aspect of our project.