Production Blog: Progress but not too satisfied...

On this filming day, I filmed the following clips that corresponded with my storyboard: a close-up shot on a knife, a long shot of the main character walking out of her house, a close-up shot of the main character typing furiously onto her computer, an over-the-shoulder-shot of her washing her hands, a close-up of her bleeding hands, and a close-up when she wakes up from her nightmare. 

For the close-up shot of the knife, this had to be filmed at night. So I waited a couple of hours to film in order to produce this shot. I had my brother be the one to hold the knife, and I did the filming. For this clip, we had to be directly under the street lamp that is in front of my house for the light source. All I filmed was my brother holding the knife and only composed the frame with his hand brandishing the knife. This took only 3 takes, and the only problem was making the knife look prominent under dark lighting. However, I will color grade them in the editing process, so I'll rely on adjusting the exposure on DaVinci Resolve. 

The long shot of the main character walking out of her house was also filmed at night. I had my brother film this clip. To start the process, I filmed first on how I want the composition to look like. This served as a reference for my brother; I had him view the clip I filmed so he can replicate the composition accordingly. Once my brother understood the composition, he started filming. To film this shot, I just opened the door and walked towards the street lamp as a stopping point. This took one take. Like the other clip, it was also underexposed, but I think I can tweak it in the post-editing process. 

The close-up shot of the character typing furiously onto her computer was sort of challenging despite how simple the clip can seem. When I had my brother film, I was