Filming schedule

Shooting days schedule (hopefully) 

Hey there! I’m so exited, because the time has finally come… I’M GOING TO START THE RECORDING PROCESS; THIS WEEK!

An obstacle that I’m going to have is school. It takes most of my time, and if I want to film on school days, I’m have to be really organized, and responsible, because if I’m not, I may run out of time to do both schoolwork, and the filming. This is why I’m dividing the filming in days, which are going to make my life a whole much easier. 

Wednesday 2/18

Wednesday is way to close to today’s date (2/17), and that’s why I’m not going to do a scene that requires a lot of planning, because I rely mainly on my actors, which need time to organize their time for being able to do the acting. Also, because it is ash Wednesday, so the church, which is my filming location, is going to be full, as well as the parking lot.

This is why I’m not going to start the filming by the first scene, which can’t be recorded at my house, but for the second part of the film, which is when Maverick wakes up from a nightmare. This scene also is going to be filmed at my house, so my actors won’t have to take much time on this, because they live there (since I’m using my father and my big brother as main actors). 

Thursday 2/19

On Thursday, I’m going to record the first part of the film. The lighting for this scene is important, as well as the time of day, because if I plan to record on mass hours, the parking lot may be too crowded. The ideal lighting that I would like is almost no natural light, but not too dark. This is why I was thinking about recording a little after the sunset, where the sun doesn’t shine as bright, but there’s still some light.

Where I live, the sunset is being at around 6:15 PM, which is perfect for me, because there’s no mass at that time, and also because the church’s last catechesis for kids is at 5, which means that there won’t be people walking around, which is amazing for the film, since Maverick it’s going to be tied up on a chair, hurt, and it there were people; it may make it look fake. 

Friday 2/20

I’m going to leave Friday for the flashback shots, when Maverick is going through his day, but keeps remembering the past. I’ll have to record in my car, in the highway, and also a fight between Maverick, and the villain. All of this shots are going to be really short, and also include a lot of close ups, so the audience doesn’t get much information, and to create intrigue.

Weekend 2/21-2/22

If a shot is not good enough, or if I need to re-record something I’m going to do it over the weekend. The reason that I didn’t wanted to record on the weekend is because I couldn’t use the church as a location, because of how crowded it gets. I would not be able to record in the parking lot nor the grass area, since there are probably going to be cars parked all around. 

But if I have to remake any shot, I’ll do it on the weekend, to start the editing process next week.

Bloggers… I’m hoping you wish me luck with the filming, and I’ll keep you posted with the progress.