Production: First Shoot (April 16th)

PROPOSED SCHEDULE:

These were the scenes I wanted to get done on the first shoot. Extra reminders/notes are on the right side. Unfortunately, my camera was acting up and so we were unable to get some of the scenes. This is what we did get done at the end of the day.

TIME:

6:30pm-11:00pm

LOCATION:

Mong Kok

ACTORS:

Benjamin Chan

Cecilia Chen

Chung Yin Tsang

Michelle Lin

EQUIPMENT USED:

Tripod

Canon 550D DSLR

17-40mm lens

50mm lens

Phone (sound recorder)

REFLECTIONS:

This first shoot, I admit started a lot later than I should've but I felt like it was productive nonetheless. There were some technical difficulties with the camera (it would stop recording in the middle of something), which delayed some of the scenes we needed to shoot. However, I feel like for every scene that I have done, they were quite meticulous as I would make my actors repeat it several times and shoot it from various angles (at least 2-3 different ones) as well as record the sounds for each new location. There were some shots that may have been slightly grainy due to filming at night but I feel as if most of my shots (that I needed to be)were well focused and steady. I might have to go back and do some pick-up shots on close-ups and reactions etc.

As I am working by myself, I was grateful to have actors that would help me carry my equipment for me as well as being able to show up on time, which I appreciated a lot.

ON-SET PHOTOGRAPHS:

OPENING SCENE [ROUGH]:

FEEDBACK:

• Cecilia needs to move more, have more emotion/character

• Film through glass, reflections

• Film people - walking by, looking happy/looking at couples (be more imaginative with shots)

• Her standing around, time-lapse, people walking by.

• More bokeh shots, close-ups

• Filler shots should be more stable (be a human tripod) and make them more meaningful

• FILM A LOT MORE FOOTAGE