Assignment Write Up

The film shoot on Friday September 17 started off rocky but by the end of the night, went really well.
The said shot list was not followed exactly as prescribed above, but we found new direction as we started filming.
It was a very inspiring learning process.

After speaking with Jill after class on Wed., I came to some new realizations concerning the piece and it sparked new ideas.
Being without a vehicle I am limited with what i can carry on my bike, so getting a hold of certain resources is difficult, so i just work with what i've got; turns out i've got a lot! I went rummaging through my room to find tons of things to work with and help with character development for our main subject. Jill had suggested going to Target and buying lots of things to shoot with, then returning them after, which is a great idea, I just had limited opportunities to do that.

I found clothing, instruments, and all sorts of various objects that were representative of our ultra-feminine character. It was extremely satisfying to me, actually placing all the objects where they belonged and making sure they were just right in the space with the lighting. The lighting took up a lot of our shooting time. I'd say with preparation and shooting time the material we have on film took a total of about 6 hours to produce. Our actress we had schedule to be our main character flaked out at the last minute (literally didnt hear from then at all the day of the shoot. Call time was at 7:30pm, i was working hard to find someone around 6pm once i had heard from her. Someone who lived in my apartment agreed to do it immediately, but she wasn't exactly right for the part, but then i happened to stumble into another friend Delilah Heck who happened to have time. So she eagerly and willingly did all that Maggie and I directed her to do, which made it SO MUCH EASIER. All i could think the entire time of how much worse it would have been if we would have been stuck with some difficult actress who wasn't so congenial.

So the idea was pretty much solidified 2 weeks before hand when we first came up with the idea, but it was really interesting how the storyline seemed to grow and develop more with not only the actress we were working with, but the added elements (props, lighting,etc.). The actress Delilah, is a youthful looking 35-year old woman, which wasn't exactly what we had in mind at first, but ended up working better. The tight space in the bathroom was difficult to maneuver in at times with three people and set lighting, but we managed to make it work! I really enjoyed this whole experience. I feel very comfortable working with the all the equipment and am looking forward to doing it again soon.