Day 2 Filming

        After filming for two days, I am happy to say that we are nearly done, and all we need is to edit and compile the footage, as well as finish up some foley. Today, we decided to film the first to scenes, where the protagonist wakes up finding himself home alone, and ready to go try out mountain biking with his friend. We filmed at Edgewood Townhomes in Fort Lauderdale, since my father has a vacant house there with furniture. I know this is hard to communicate through a screen, but the house never had anyone living in it, so it was very clean and had that eerie, silent, "new house" vibe, which was just what we were going for. We made sure to include various shots in order to build up suspense such as Dutch angles, extreme close-ups, and unique "teaser" shots we came up with. 

        Day 2

        To give a brief summary, we filmed our main character waking up, getting ready, and leaving to go mountain biking. We made sure to include various still shots as well as slow pans and tilts in order to create the essence of loneliness, solemness, and even a bit of suspense. We made sure to hint to the audience that our character has OCD, which will complicate things later in the film. For example, his clothes were perfectly folded, and he straightens many things out in his house, emphasizing his discomfort. To be honest, things were slow to start as we were all suffering from what I like to call "post-spring break depression". Nonetheless, as we began to film we picked up speed and ideas were flowing. We had access to a Steadicam, good film camera, a robust tripod, and some good microphones. Below are a couple of clips from today.

I give a brief overview of what our plans for the day are

To add some context, we tried to film a zooming shot while Felipe, the cameraman,  backed up to create a strange and suspenseful effect 

These are one of the shots in which we plan to hint at his OCD