Filming : The Final Stretch

     Today was the second day of filming. My group had most of the shooting done so we could have a slower day where we were not shooting as many scenes. This lets us focus our time on looking over shots and making suggestions to reshoot or change something about the shot. We also had extra time so we got to editing.

    We started the day by walking to the field and luckily were the first ones who got there so we took a spot in the shade. The first topic discussed was what needed to be filmed still and how close we were to our final product.

    To our group's avail, Rashawn had already started on a draft edit with the footage created from the first day. We all looked at his current edit and critiqued it so we could have a better-finished product. Once we were done looking it over. We got started on filming the scenes that we needed to reshoot and change slightly.

    We needed a scene of Alex running in front of me so we filmed that first. Hadar and Rashawn filmed as usual. This took a small amount of time as we were used to doing running scenes from the first day. Once we finished we went on to film the eye-level shot.

    During the eye-level shot, Hadar instructed us where to look while Rashawn filmed. This shot is one of my favorite shots because it adds a dramatic effect. Especially when the split-screen is added.

    For the final scene, we shot a running shot where I am in the lead. Alex was positioned a few feet behind and we both started running full speed. This shot took a few takes and was tiring to do. Once we were done filming we grabbed our stuff and went back to class.





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