For this blog post, I will be doing a behind the scenes of how we shot our film. I was acting as Xander (the main character), and my partner was shooting the videos. We got my sister to take pictures and videos of the process as we were filming.
For the car scene, I was sitting in the driver seat and my friend was sitting in the passenger seat, recording from there. The video shows how we set up the shots. We had to add police lights but since we couldn't get any real police lights, and I didn't have LED lights, we had to improvise. I used my phone to search up a youtube video of blue and red flashing lights and put it behind the camera. This gave the impression that there was police lights when there really wasn't.
For the second scene, the bedroom scene, I was sitting on the couch and my partner was recording from different angles. We used normal daytime lighting to enforce the point that Xander is just a regular teenager. We organized his room how a teenager has it organized. We made a slight mess, put the backpack on the floor, some books on the bed, and some soccer jerseys and medals hung up in the room.
For the doormat scene, where Xander finds out his house keys are missing, my partner sat down on a bench that was there and recorded me looking down from a low angle. We used an eyeline match to show that the keys were missing.
For the last scene, the mailbox scene, I had my partner record me from behind the mailbox. This makes it so the audience cannot see what is inside the mailbox but can only see my reaction to it. This is good for an opening because it builds mystery and reveals some of the story but not enough for the audience to know what will happen. This raises questions to the audience and builds suspense.
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