Taking the camera! - Production Update

 Hey future directors! Today is finally the day I take full control of the camera! To recap, so far in production my contribution has been with mainly acting and creative directing. Valentina has been the one who has been filming all the scenes up until this moment. However, today we filmed Valentina's solo scenes. With Valentina in front of the camera, that meant I was able to be behind the camera. Today's filming location was galleria mall, we ended up carpooling so I drove Valentina and I to said filming location. The day started with me filming an establishments shot of the location. I kind of tested out different spots in front of the mall with different distances from the mall. I wanted to see which angle at which distance would be most optimal. Filming multiple clips of each shot is crucial to me as it will give me the most options when I am editing the project. Moving on, we then moved inside the mall. Here we reached our first issue, other people. While some can look at a busy mall as having extra background actors, we found them walking into frame when I was trying to film shot of the mall door. Another issue encountered, background music. Common in malls and stores is popular songs playing. However, this worked against us. The background music was copyright. The only way to resolve this was to figure out how to voice isolate Valentina so you could hear her say her lines, without hearing the background music playing in the store. I came up with the idea to use my AirPods as a microphone and record her saying the lines in a voice memo. The voice memo file could then be uploaded into the clip in editing and it will properly isolate her voice. Even with some challenges, this was another successful filming day! I can not wait for more!


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