Filming Day 1 + Film Poster

     YAAAAASSSSS! We started filming and it is GLORIOUS!!!!

Day one went really well. From now on, most of my posts are not going to be research based, but more discussion and production based as I am now in full swing in actual project creation

       We started out the shoot in my guest bedroom where I needed to redecorate it to make it look more like a teenage girls room. So I added in lots of props like wall art, pens and pencils on counters, stuffed animals, a more purple color scheme for the room, photos, flowers, and a Himalayan salt lamp (the red/yellow/orange light it gives off is just beautiful and great for ambiance). 

We shot many computer and work driven shots here, as most high schoolers typically do work in their rooms and on their beds. 

We shot a lot of shots over time with the intent of having a lot of footage so we wouldn't feel pressured having too little.

(One of the shots from our filming in the bedroom)

Creating Our Own Addie

     Taylor and I needed to actually create some of our own props for the film, so what we did was buy vegan pill capsules that can be filled with anything. Addie is usually portrayed in real life as a red or orange pill, so we simple bought some red sprinkles at the store, and individually filled watch capsule.

     As for the prescription bottle, I have many stored in my house, so we took the label off an old one and simply filled our own home made sprinkle Adderall pills in the bottle. It actually looks really sketchy and good the end product was fantastic.

Next Shots:

1. We shot also in my dining room, as the room is positioned in a very long fashion and provided us with the ability to capture some really cool perspective shots of our actress working frantically.
2. We turned an empty room in my house into a therapist/psychiatrist room by moving in a couch and some pillows. And too make it look even more real, we printed out fake psychology and doctor degrees and put them up on the wall. This gave the sense that it was a real phycologists office through prop and mise en scene.
3. After that we shot at the park. We shot a lot on the swings and actually would place both the tripod and our actress on the swing, that way the shots were not only in motion, but they looked smooth and really unique. We figured this out just through experimentation. Sound wasn't an issue even though we were outside because thankfully no one was at the park and it wasn't a windy day. Hallelujah!
4. Inspired by the Psycho shower murder scene (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=atjhOhH-V3E) which was actually the first ever film analyzed in AICE Media, we wanted to make our actress look naked without actually showing her naked bits. So like in Psycho, we inferred her taking off her clothes at different angles that made the viewer assume she was unclothed. We did other shots of her chest and up and even utilized the steam of the shower to help us cover up her body from the glass screen. Taylor and I are both very excited for you guys to see the shots from this scene as they came out incredible!
5. Outside Shot: Outside my house I have little lights that surround the entire perimeter of my house, and the way they barley lightened up my actresses face was fascinating. It looked dark and sad and even a bit creepy, but the face and position of the shot just felt so natural and worked so well. As of now this is my favorite shot (Did this one at night).

        My partner in crime Taylor is a photoshop goddess, and utilizing the iPhone 7's newest camera feature called Portraits Mode/Depth Perception, we were able to take some pretty cool looking shots that we can use for our film poster. Here is one of the many shots we got:

We decided to better split up the work, so that Tay would create the film poster and that I would create the website. More done in less time. Simple.

Here is a clue for the next time we shoot... we get one with nature.

-Ash