Production Blog for my Final Task: Gathering Footage: AICE Media Studies

 Hello again. I am back from my spring break. Over the break, me and my partner got some work done. We managed to gather the majority of the film while on break. We plan to gather the rest over the period of this week. Then, I'll edit all of the film and finally finish the project. For filming, I first gathered all of the filming for the first location of the film, which was my house. I did this by myself with only a tripod to hold my phone to film. All the angles and scenes were able to be captured by only this which was the first step. This was completed on Friday. The next day at 2:00, me, my partner, and my friend who was helping out went to the next location, which was the actual court. From there, I played a little basketball before they arrived. Once they did, my partner was the main one holding the camera and filming, as he appeared only once in the scenes. I was the main actor so I played the role of Michael. My friend who came to help us film played the main antagonist Jordan. Throughout the whole time of filming, me and my partner were able to follow most of the storyboard. Though, some things were different. One scene had an extra feature where me and my friend bumped into each other instead of just walking past each other. Other than that, most of the changes were very minor and didn't affect the main point of the film. We were able to get most of the scenes at the basketball court. We plan to film the remaining ones this Wednesday and later this week if we don't finish that day. I also need to film the car scenes as well. For these scenes, I will have the car remain parked instead of driving, as it is dangerous and would be safer to have it parked instead. It would also make it easier to hold the camera steady. Until then, I will continue to look over what needs to get done.