Good news! WE HAVE FINISHED PRODUCTION!
On this day, we managed to shoot reshoot all of the bathroom scenes. This was partly because the footage before could have been improved but also beacsue Erika completely forgot to bring her costume (she prefusly apoligised, no bad blood obviously). These scenes ended up looking a lot better and now we have to replace the old footage we've started post-production work on with this quality footage.
The main reason we needed this extra day of filming was to have more time to both improve and finish the dance scene at the end of our opening sequence. Just before we filmed, we got more time to practise with the dancers and I went over the routine with them before we filmed so shots took less takes. We also ran through any acting involved points, such as having to interact with Elle's character, letting them know what they needed to do. When shooting, we made sure the dancers continued a conversation in the background to fit the atmosphere of the dance studio.
Also, we had to shoot the connecting scenes from the bathroom to the dance studio to help introduce the dance scene. This was an addition we made when we moved Elle's and Tory's scenes to the bathroom as we needed it to make sense chronologically. To film this, we had to change the shutter speed of the camera in preparation of the dance scene, to focus on motion and remove blur.
The dance scene itself was our biggest technical challenge, especially considering the fact that we couldn't have a steadicam this time or when we originally planned to film the dance. Overall though, we got a lot more dance shots than anticipated, as we tried to vary all angles and shot types for choice in edit. Very proud of us for getting on with this task despite the difficulties!
We still had a limited amount of time to film due to scheduling with actors and dancers. However, this time felt most relaxed because we had rehearsal and a shot list that Erika made right before filming that we could follow for this day.
So, now that we FINALLY have all the footage, it is time to put full focus on editing and putting together a rough cut. We've already got pretty half of the basic scenes together, so we will work from there to finish and starting adding music, effects, titles and more.
This has been our last production diary and we look forward to updating you with the rest of the process soon - possibly in video form.
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