Entry #18

April 1

There's a new system for checking out the cameras, which might be a problem for us if we're not organized. We have to reserve the cameras 2 days in advance and plan out how long we're going to use them. Hopefully since it's a new system we have some leniency for now, but I'm sure in the near future it's going to be a problem. 

We did some filming today. During class we filmed the part where Justin portals to the classroom as he tries to uncover the rules of the portal device. 

Sound wise there wasn't much to consider. There was the sound of the door and the sound of Justin crashing to the floor, but this scene is probably going to be music reliant. 

For continuity it was pretty tricky. When Justin leaves the classroom, we also had to have a shot of the door opening but with no one there. To do this, Joyce hid behind the door and opened it. I'm not entirely sure on how we're going to edit this, but this small action would probably help in the end.

Then we filmed the Cafeteria scene which was surprisingly difficult. There are a lot of distraction with people interrupting the scenes. We got Lucas and Colin to act for us. Lucas has already agreed to play the Nerd so obviously we used him. Colin is more of an extra.

We had Justin running out of the kitchen. At this point, it looks like anything far from magnificent or cool. Justin's going to have to make it interesting.

Then there was an eating scene which I didn't understand. What was the importance of Justin eating? I found out it's because the next destination for him is the bathroom and that's really where the chase starts. 

I figured it was similar to Joyce's and Justin's film Stratagem where the male protagonist and the femme fatale were waiting in the car. The main criticism was that it was too comedic for a film noir. I guess it could work for this. 

The main issues I probably have to face is the a lot of chatter noise from the Cafeteria. I made sure that the dialogue from Lucas could be heard as well as Justin's footsteps. 

We're probably going to re-film the eating scene because of the distractions.

I was an IB learner today:

Communicator: Communicated ideas with group members