Filming Blog: Park Scenes

To complete the rest of the filming my group met at Easterlin Park. The remaining scenes my group had to film were scenes 1-30 but excluding scenes 7, 8, 13, 14, 15, 22, 23, 24, 28, 29, and 30. My group initially planned to work on 10 of these remaining scenes per day, but recently decided against it.  This is because if I filmed my scenes on different days it may be to difficult to align the scenes and make them work properly for the overall film. When aligning scenes for my film I have to think about things like weather, light, and how the actors appear on camera. If half the park scenes appear sunny and dry, but the next day it rains it would be almost impossible to properly align the scenes when I eventually start editing. It is because of this that instead, my group filmed the last 19 scenes in one visit. At first I was the only group member who really wanted to only do 10 scenes and 9 scenes on two separate days. I thought it would be more manageable to film this way instead. However, after discussing with my group and starting to film, I realized the problems that come with it and changed my mind. My group only really had one issue, and that was heat. Although it's not summer, while my group was recording at the park it was surprisingly hot. This most likely became a problem because the layers of clothes each member had on, due to the costumes. To remedy this my group and I took multiple breaks and drank plenty of water. Besides that everything else my group ran into was annoying but easy to handle. These smaller annoyances were mosquitoes and other bugs like spiders. In all, my group was able to film the 19 remaining scenes together. Though my group prioritized finishing the filming, I would say it was a pretty enjoyable experience to work together with my group on these scenes.