Production: Filming Some Changes

     On Sunday we redid any scenes which needed to be fixed according to the people we interviewed. We thought this would go pretty fast but it ended up taking a while as we wanted the shots to look really good.

    First, we re-shot any scenes where someone giggled or said something out of their lines. There were only a few scenes with this niche. In one scene where the soldiers line up in front of the leader (Griffin). Christian giggled a little to the point that we did not hear it when we reviewed the footage. Another scene we had to re-shoot was a scene where Griffin and I run at each other to fight. However, Griffin looked happy while running even though he was gonna fight me so we had to redo this scene.

    Next, we shot any scenes with shaky camera work again. There were a few scenes with this problem. The first one we redid had one person in it so we did it pretty quick. Another scene had this problem which was the filming over my shoulder when I am on top of Griffin fighting him. We shot this scene again which took a good amount of tries because it was an action scene.

    Finally, we re-shot any scenes where there was not enough emotion according to my mom. She said the scene where Griffin finds out Christian is dead lacks emotion so we had to re-shoot that scene as it was a huge turning point in the film. another scene where the soldiers answer the leader (Griffin) with "Sir Yes Sir." Alex and Christian were not enthusiastic enough about shouting their lines. So I told them they had to shout it this time and we redid it.

    After we finished shooting all the scenes that needed to be fixed. We then watched some of the footage and laughed at ourselves for a bit. While we waited for our parents to pick us up.



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