We shot all the scenes required for our film opening today, we thought we would need another day to shoot but since the shots have come out so great, I guess not! We followed the "Extra footage costs nothing" golden rule and it really worked well for us. The only equipment we required today was the camera, my iPhone 5 (for audio), the Prime lens, an extra battery as well as 3 memory cards and the tripod. We used my iPhone for audio-recording instead as it recorded better audio than the camera did and we couldn't afford to pay for a mike.
We first gathered at my place and got Azeem's make-up done, I directed Neha as she painted his face with face-paints that we had bought specially for this occasion. Then we left for Mushrif Park where our shooting was to take place. We made sure everybody wore the correct clothes beforehand as we had decided they would wear dark yet fashionable clothes to represent their characters and had minimal makeup on as to not attract more attention than necessary; taking great care of the mise-en-scene and made sure our shots were as perfect as we could have them be. We made sure we had just the right amount of lighting by taking test shots, which also helped the actors rehearse further. After researching on how to treat the actors in order to have a successful film opening, I made sure I treated them no differently than what I should treat them as. We also made sure that everything on set was in place, that nothing unusual or unnecessary was in the frame and even cleaned up a little, since parks are almost always dirty anyway, and this really helped us shoot everything we needed today itself.
We first gathered at my place and got Azeem's make-up done, I directed Neha as she painted his face with face-paints that we had bought specially for this occasion. Then we left for Mushrif Park where our shooting was to take place. We made sure everybody wore the correct clothes beforehand as we had decided they would wear dark yet fashionable clothes to represent their characters and had minimal makeup on as to not attract more attention than necessary; taking great care of the mise-en-scene and made sure our shots were as perfect as we could have them be. We made sure we had just the right amount of lighting by taking test shots, which also helped the actors rehearse further. After researching on how to treat the actors in order to have a successful film opening, I made sure I treated them no differently than what I should treat them as. We also made sure that everything on set was in place, that nothing unusual or unnecessary was in the frame and even cleaned up a little, since parks are almost always dirty anyway, and this really helped us shoot everything we needed today itself.
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