3rd Day of Filming

On the third day of filming we mostly focused on the shots that included one of our actors and ones that included the detectives beginning the interrogation. We once again had everyone on set to make things run smoothly. Fortunately, we also had more time to film this day than before.

This was the most effective day of filming by far as we got a lot of the shots of the detectives down and the entire lead-up section to the dialogue of the interrogation.

We also managed to get some of the dialogue of one of our actors done as the camera stayed on them and we ran through their lines. It was my job to keep in mind which of these takes would be used in our Final Cut and which I could easily discard.

Shot we had of our actor speaking her lines

There was also a big portion of these shots that had to be edited as there is an active back-and-fourth conversation that is going on between one of the detectives and the person that is brought in. I had to focus on how I wanted the dialogue to play out in the scene as well as when it would cut to a new person talking. To do this we had the Director, who is also a detective in the film, speak her lines with the camera focused on the other actor. This way I could line up where the scenes go and the timing of the scenes so they fit together seamlessly.

On this day it hit me that all the struggles we faced in the shooting sessions before just managed to disappear. The camera was up and running in no time. Everyone quickly changed into their outfits out of instinct, even if they weren't getting filmed that day. The entire shooting session felt like a well-oiled machine the way things ran with no issues. For some unknown reason, we were not having nearly as many difficulties as we encountered before.

Photo of us having fun from the third day of shooting

After some further reflecting on this, I realized the main cause for this was the fact that we had done this so many times before already. The more we practiced this routine of setting everything up and shooting our shots, the better we got at it. The shooting days were getting progressively more effective as we worked on the kinks in everything earlier on so that it wouldn't be an issue down the line. Filming is an adaptive experience that becomes more enjoyable and becomes more like a regular process the more you work on it.