Day One of Shooting

    Hey everyone! Guess what. Filming has begun. I repeat, filming has begun. It was honestly so fun but took a lot more work than I thought. In filming, I decided to split it up into two days, focusing the first day on the scene that occurs before Nicky starts her tarot reading and the second day on what was remaining. I have shown my process for actually filming down below, including pictures and videos taking you along the way.

Planning:

Setting up the set

    All my blog posts so far have helped me plan for this moment. My storyboard, research, and mise-en-scene planning have all helped me get ready to film. Before I actually started to film, I created my set, built the lights, turned my friend Olivia into Nicky (costume and makeup), and then began.

Filming:

Here is a picture of me at work

    Next up was to actually start filming. Filming was a lot harder than I expected. My goal was to get through half of the filming, but I really only got through 1/3. I filmed using my iPhone, filming handheld shots to make the footage feel more raw as we are in the protagonist's room, a place where she is comfortable to be herself. In filming, although I did get some awesome clips, I ran into a good amount of problems. I wanted to film for at least 3 hours, but by the time I started, my actor had to leave after only 1. I didn't realize how long it would take to film even small parts and how much overshooting I wanted to do. Considering this, I plan to have my friend sleep over so we can work on it as late as we want to finish up. For lighting purposes, I only film when it's dark out, so I think having her sleep over this weekend will be a fun and good idea.

A lot of shots

    So what did I accomplish? I was able to shoot the part where Nicky is scrolling through TikToks up until she is about to start to set up for her tarot reading. Although I would have liked to film maybe the setting up, I am happy with the progress I have made. I am looking forward to my second and hopefully last day of filming.

Here are some clips I have so far:

Example One

Example Two