I got to Nicole's house earlier than our actress did, to finalize the set, and double-check we had everything. Though we did run into some difficulties with timing, we were lucky enough to be working with a good friend- who didn't mind staying a bit later than expected. Jessica, our main actress, had experience with acting in our school's musical theater program- which also made her a good choice for the role.
We actually had decided to work with her a while back, so I coordinated her outfit, and hair with the doll's. This is a very important component in establishing the doll to be a reflection of her.
Once Jessica arrived it was just a matter of grouping similar shots together, and following the storyboard as closely as possible. The fact that we had previously numbered the shots, and matched the dialogue with each shot helped a lot. Not having to spend time figuring out when things would be said saved a lot our much needed time.
We did run into some issues with audio given that Nicole's camera wasn't recording the best sound. To solve this, we ended up taping my phone to the end of a broomstick as a make-shift boom. This way we were able to get much better sound quality without having to edit the audio from the camera.
A shot that proved to be a challenge was a the top view shot of Jasmin animating. Nicole had to stand on her desk, with her tripod held on its side,
as she used her free hand to stabilize the camera- needless to say, it was a
pretty interesting sight to behold. Another shot we struggled with was the shots from inside the stop motion set. We wanted to show Jasmin reaching into the box, but even if we cut a hole in the box, the shot looked awkward. Eventually, we just cut out the back side of the box, and shot through there.
Overall, it was a pretty successful day. Although we had scheduled to shoot both scenes today, we got all the footage from Jasmin's room done. We realized it was a bit unrealistic to shoot all the things we needed in one day, so we scheduled to shoot again Tuesday. Hopefully, I'll have some stills to show by then (expect them to be added to this post or to a later post).
Until next time!
as she used her free hand to stabilize the camera- needless to say, it was a
pretty interesting sight to behold. Another shot we struggled with was the shots from inside the stop motion set. We wanted to show Jasmin reaching into the box, but even if we cut a hole in the box, the shot looked awkward. Eventually, we just cut out the back side of the box, and shot through there.
Overall, it was a pretty successful day. Although we had scheduled to shoot both scenes today, we got all the footage from Jasmin's room done. We realized it was a bit unrealistic to shoot all the things we needed in one day, so we scheduled to shoot again Tuesday. Hopefully, I'll have some stills to show by then (expect them to be added to this post or to a later post).
(We still want to color correct these to make the orange a bit more subtle but here's some progress)
Until next time!
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