Second Day of Shooting!

 Hey, it's me again. 

Yesterday, I wrapped Day 2 of filming and boy did it go well. Before I get into the specifics, I wasn't able to shoot the monologue scenes (which take up to 45 seconds of the project). Firstly, we decided to not use the drone after all as the zoom wouldn't look as good and the audio linking might be difficult. Secondly, my director said it would look "goofy" if he just stepped back and zoomed out with the phone as the camera wouldn't be stationary. He said he would bring his gimbal and we would film it the day of spring break. At first, I was disturbed by the fact that I had to wait till AFTER spring break to finish filming, but I didn't have too much of a problem with it; I could edit all the scenes we took over this break and by the time next Monday comes, I would have a clear idea in my head upon the shot length and scenes that I may need to reshoot. Now that I'm done babbling, let me show some stills from the scenes we shot!

Shot of Jim getting ready to practice his monologue

A scene with Jim practicing his monologue

Shot of the auditorium when Jim leaves

Establishing Shot of the opening

Peak cinematography right here, these shots help with establishing the setting and type of film this would be. I'm aiming for the slow cinema route, engulf the audience with visuals and make them feel more immersed in your film. I've got most of the visuals done of the opening, now I need to finalize the monologue portion and we should be off flying.

Ryan Lutwin

Shoutout to this absolute legend of a man right here, he's proved to be a great director and always showed up for me even when I had numerous shooting delays. What a guy.