Practice:
To learn more about lighting in film we did a project where we found 3 different shots from movies that we wanted to recreate. We checked out lights and used them to recreate the lighting from the shots we picked.
My references vs my final shots:
I definitely got helpful feedback and now I know what I could change to make these look more like the references.
Pre Production
The initial logline from Giselle’s pitch:
“An overworked, burnt out, sleep deprived teenager wished for a break,
the universe gave her whiskers instead.”
Synopsis:
Screenplay:
Giselle and I worked long hours at the library planning out our story and making changes based on feedback. We ended up with many different drafts before we got the the final version that we shot.
Here is part of the shot list we used to keep organized and understand how long it would take to film each scene:
These are the stripboards we used to plan out each shoot day:
We had a lot of fun during production. Our actress was super easy to work with and also had a lot of experience acting. We got many classmates and friends to help out on our crew. Working with a cat wasn’t easy, but we made it work.
Final Product:
I am so proud of the work we did on this project. Our cast and crew were amazing to work with and really helped get this project finished. We put so many hours into this project to finish it on time and make it to our standards. There are definitely things I would do differently if we had more time and now looking back on it I see some problems we could fix, but overall I am proud of our film.