Ahh, the Glare, the Sun, It Burns

 Today was my second day of filming! This was definitely more difficult than the first day. 

To begin, I tried filming inside using artificial lighting which as I expected, turned out horrid. Instead, I had to wait until I could use natural lighting which had its own host of issues. The only real “hallway” in my house is by the door which meant I had to deal with the glare of the light while filming. This was difficult, but I managed to eventually find the right angle to minimize this issue, and the rest I plan to fix in editing. 

Once I dealt with that, I had a couple other issues as well. For one, my mother’s back issues stopped her from being able to film from a squat to shoot the shoe-tying scene which instead resulted in a very interesting three-minute fight with a chair. Eventually, we recorded the shoe-tying scene before doing the two walking scenes. These scenes were relatively easy, but I still had to deal with the glare which took a couple takes. 

These scenes were more awkward than I expected because I did not know how fast to walk which I suppose we will see in filming. While doing this, I had a bit of brain wave that would disguise the awkwardness and bridge our scenes better. In the editing process, I think I will try to include a vintage camera filter that makes it seem almost like a polaroid which will just make it look like it's an old camera and disguise the coloration differences across the clips. 

When we were doing the walking scene, I was facing away from my mom when we did the filming, so I did not realize she flipped the camera to be vertical. This is bad for the film because it will be awkward. However, at the same time, my partner sent me her stuff. She did a lot of recording and with so much content, I might not need these scenes. Given my mother did not want to make her back worse, we decided to call it a day. 

While the project deadline is soon, I would still rather edit first before reshooting to make it easier on my mother. Also, my brother is coming home from university soon, and he is very talented at filming, so maybe he will help me instead. If so, he will probably know a way to eliminate the glare given his savvy. Next up, I am going to be doing editing which will be interesting given I have done it previously. 

Wish me luck! Signing off!