Media Studies Portfolio: IT'S A WRAP (hopefully)

So I'm way behind schedule on these posts, but last Tuesday Nicole, Jessica, and I met to film the remaining footage.

We had already filmed the entire "happy" scene from the first day of filming, so our focus was on the dark interrogation scene.

First, we had to create the set. The scene takes place in a dark room where all you can really see is the actress, the puppet, and a table. This was especially tricky given that we were filming with such little lighting, which gave us a grainy image at first. Not only that, but even after covering the window and turning off all lights, the walls were still visible in the background. To resolve this, we hung black trash bags from the ceiling in a kind of crooked semicircle around the table. This way, we could shoot with slightly more light while still keeping the background black.

After all this work, however, we decided to switch from the DSLR camera to an iPhone 7. We had experience using FilmicPro in low lighting, and we found the ISO settings much easier to control. Not only that, but the app allowed us to give the footage a slight blue tint, which let us discard the cellophane, and get a brighter light while still having the blue tint.

We spent quite a bit of time setting up the room. Jessica even took a nap while we set up the trash bags(fame changes people). This inevitably made filming stressful because we were really pressed for time- having a little under 2 hours to film everything right. (Okay I realize that may not sound like little time but we get distracted~~, and I'll admit I can be picky with some shots)~~.

As far as we're aware, we got all the shots we needed, but we'll only be able to tell once we start editing. Still, we had a printed out sheet with numbered storyboards, as well as the script, so we should be in pretty good shape.

OH ALSO, I actually have some stills this time around so here's a sneak peak.