Production Blog: Filming Friday

     What's up, its been a minute! So, in my last blog I talked about how one of my main actors, Nandika went on a trip out of the country. If you were wondering if she has finally came back the answer is yes. That only could mean one thing then, we filmed today! I am back into my regular schedule with minor tweaks. Filming was an overall success. We were able to film half of the short film and to leave the rest for another filming day. We filmed about 5 different scenes. By the time I started filming it was already night time which was perfect for the plot and scenery for the film. Firstly, I filmed the car scene. This was dialogue between the two mafia members about their suspect named Marcus. I went into the trunk of their van and recorded an over the shoulder shot which came out better than expected. Ajayesh and Vjayesh did great as actors in this half, they put on a heavy Caribbean accent which added more emphasis to the scene The next scene that I filmed was with Nandika, she played as "Shelly". These three scenes consisted of mainly dialogue and in which where she was kidnapped. After this I had gotten a friend of mine to text me from an unknown number telling me a fake address to retrieve shelly. I also had got my friend to change their profile picture to one of the masked up mafia members to ensure that the audience will be able to follow along. We are going to film the rest of the scenes and film  another day. Right now we are debating if February 19'th is ideal. My brother does not have school that day meaning that I will be provided a ride. Stay tuned in my next blog about our next filming day. 


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