Production Time! (Part One)

    Well, I can basically say at this point that me and my partner are basically finished with recording (with the exception of some very small parts that we will do by ourselves). So, its officially time to show what we have done. I will show a good amount of unedited photos and videos of us recording and I will also explain a little behind each photo and video. Just to let you all know that the clips I am about to show you may or may not be included in the final opening as we still have to edit and figure out which clips would we choose for the final opening. But without further ado, lets get started: 

    This image is the general area where a lot of our film will be taking place and is where the main dealing will be taking place and where the Buyer gets kidnapped by the Dealer. To the left of the image (not shown), is the spot where this is taking place. In one of my earlier posts, I showed a photo of myself along with my partner at this spot and that very spot is where we plan to have the action take place. Originally, we were going to have this scene take place in an empty parking lot but at the time of recording, we ended up running into the issue of there being too much cars in the parking lot despite it being a later time at night (although not very late). We ended up finding this place as a compromise and if you (yes you) are very keen eyed, then you would notice that this very place was used for one of my earlier projects this school year. We wanted to have lighting but not have too much lighting at the same time either so we thought that this would be a good compromise compared to a dark, car filled parking lot with streetlights.

    This video shows one of the beginning scenes where I pull out an envelope that I stuffed with shredded paper inside of in an attempt to symbolize money inside of it. This scene is here to establish that I (the Buyer) am walking to a certain area in order to meet the Dealer (my partner). The reason why I am bringing out the envelope here in the first place is to help indicate to audiences that something is coming up soon (in this case, the meetup with the Dealer). I am staring at the camera because I and my partner wanted to show how I am looking in one direction only and where I am looking at would be revealed soon after this shot. 

    This shot would be shown after I get the pillowcase put over my head by my partner and I get punched by him (and by him punching me, I mean I act like I got punched by letting out an exaggerated "AUGH" sound through my totally amazing acting skills). Right after this, we plan for there to be a completely black screen as soon as his fist supposedly hits my head. Originally, we were only going to have just the scene where I get blindfolded and then the screen goes black, but my partner decided that it would be a good idea to include a shot like this, and I ended up agreeing with it, but we will see how this shot treats us during editing.

    And finally for this post, here is a video that shows me getting tied up by my partner. This shot mostly exists because my partner decided that it would be a good idea to add it, although I thought that it would be too much to show especially when we plan to make the screen go directly black after the punch. We went ahead and shot this anyway because we would have more variety to choose from during the editing process. 

    That is all for part one, part two coming soon!