Filming: Take 3

Asher and I shot what was the last and final day of filming. It was a bittersweet moment because as we were excited to finish, we were sad because we knew this was going to be the last time we would film for our senior year. 

We finished in our last location: Cypress Bay. We shot various scenes in the classroom and in the hallways. We thought that this would be one of the easier locations, which is why we saved it for last. However, this provided us some of the most difficult and interrupting film challenges. 

Our biggest obstacle to overcome was the sound issues. This was a huge problem we didn't face in our other locations because we didn't have other people around or had to deal with at all. But in school, people are everywhere. We needed to shoot in class to make it seem realistic, but teachers do not like to be interrupted, which is completely understandable, so we thought of a solution: film during a teacher's study hall. This way we didn't disrupt class and we still had students to work with. Well, these students were not all great to work with. They were loud and obnoxious so to keep down the noise, we asked them if they wanted to be in our film and they said yes. We really didn't need them to be in our film, and we aren't going to be using that footage anyways, but it was helpful because it kept the noise down. 

Another challenge that involved sound was all of the people in the hallways. You don't realize how busy they are until you're sitting there trying to shoot a conversation. The doors constantly opening and closing, people wondering aimlessly in front of the camera, and even the conversations down the hallway were too much background noise. We found a crevasse in the hallway that was not as populated as the rest so it worked out. 

Another issue we kept running into was security. Even though Megan signed in and our teacher gave her the okay to the front office, we still ran into problems. They didn't care if they yelled in the middle of our shot to ask where we were supposed to be, or who was Megan and why she was in "there" school. So it was frustrating, but we had to have the patience to explain that we were just filming for our class and we showed them her pass, but you'd think they'd all communicate that one they already asked us, and not three. 

However, our shots came out really great and I was so proud of the work that Asher and I, and Megan too, conducted. 

Here are some sneak peaks of the day of filming: 

Write to you all soon!