For the project, we started it in the scenery of Natalia’s messy bedroom. We displayed her messy room with clothes laid all over the floor, makeup scrambled around, and failed assignments on her desk. The next shot is of Natalia’s alarm going off at 1:00 pm, when she realizes she is late for her friend’s birthday party. She lazily gets out of bed and heads to her vanity. Here we decided that we needed to add more clips to develop her character. Following this scene, she exits her room in which her sluggishness and disruptive personality is displayed in. When she leaves, she portrays herself as a much more put together version of herself. Her hair no longer a mess, her outfit is coordinated, etc. Her outfit evolves into a darker look once she leaves her room, representing that her mind is in even more of a chaotic state from before she left her room. This is because she attempts to hide her problems with her physical features and appearance rather than resolving them internally. As the film continues the shots get longer, besides the brief sequence of shots when she is in her personal car where she finally feels calm. As soon as she is back outside into the ‘real world’ her disorderly traits continue. She rushes into the Walmart store, picking up the cheapest birthday card she finds with a big number “2” on it. She quickly leaves the store and checks the clock displayed on her car screen. She is shocked to see what time it is. This sets up a good basis for how the character acts and gives the audience a good idea of the type of character I want to portray. She is clearly a messy teen who lacks care for the people around her and constantly makes mistakes. With this, the final scene to the opening will leave the audience with numerous questions wondering how she could’ve messed up this time. Or if it wasn’t her fault at all for once.
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The first problem I ran into when beginning to film was what angles I wanted to film from to show my character walking up. My partner and I filmed a few shots from different angles before finally deciding on the best. We edited it together to finalize our decision on which shot looked the smoothest.
The next issue was when my character woke up and sat down at her vanity. We weren’t sure whether to add more clips in between this and when she leaves her room or to leave it as it is. After the day of filming, I asked for feedback and decided that we need to go back and shoot more clips to add to this scene.
Another concern was with some of the shots we attempted to film, my partner had a hard time keeping her hands steady so the footage didn’t come out shaky. We resolved this issue by using my tripod along with a fold-up table I found around my room to put it on. This made our shots come out a lot more steady, while my partner had more time to focus on the angle and my acting. The biggest problem we are currently discussing is our time limit. As the film lies, we only have about 30 seconds left of film time. My partner and I are both worried we will not have enough time for the final scene, which I believe is the most important in the film opening. My partner and I are going to finish filming the rest of what we have planned, and once we see how much time we have left to film we will decide what we are going to do from there.
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