We Needed A little Extra Help; No Problem!

     Today was the second and last day filming, at least in terms of class time. Prior to filming, Mia and I both came to school in costume; her a teacher, and I, a rebellious student. I was once again wearing fishnet gloves, but luckily no eyeliner this time because it had little to no effect on day one of filming. Just in case we needed to reshoot any shots, we brought the same props; a mask required flyer and masks. However, we both forgot to bring tape again, luckily we were able to get some from the teachers.

     Before heading outside to film, we both sat down for a bit to decide what we needed to do; having a plan was important. We looked through the footage we had gotten from last class and ultimately decided to reshoot two shots out of the bunch. These shots being the ones where I rip off the "MASKS REQUIRED" flyer plastered to the pole, and the first shot where I Walk into the school. The reason for the flyer scene being reshoot is that Mia and I weren't satisfied with how non-aggressively I ripped it off the first time. As for the beginning shot, we both noticed that I was wearing a mask, which would be unfitting for the character.

     Finally, we decided that we would need some extra help filming the scene with the both of us; so we asked help from our friend Aja, who worked for another group. We first began by shooting the shots we didn't have, if worst came to worst we would at least have a complete commercial at the end of the day. We first shot the scene where Mia and I are facing each other in a two-shot, in which she is handing me a mask. After that was filmed, we did a swift close-up of the mask being handed to me and waited a bit before I grabbed it. The final scene we needed was a forward tracking shot of me walking away, putting the newly acquired mask on while Mia walks off in the back; finally, we had recorded all of the scenes.

     Filming our last scenes unexpectedly took a fairly short time, so we luckily had plenty of time to refilm the shots that we wanted. Chronologically, we re-shot the first scene; this time I would have my mask off and be less stiff, a rebellious figure wouldn't be so stiff when it came to school. We made easy work of it and moved onto the flyer shot; we quickly taped it onto a pole facing away from the wind. As the camera started to record and pan upwards to the flyer, I gave it a mighty tug, and the shot came out great. After looking through the camera role to make sure we had all of the scenes needed, we headed back to class, thanked Ava for the help and taking a picture of us, and began deliberating editing.