Shooting - Day 1



I began my shooting with the first scene of my script, which is a dream scene in which the protagonist is running away from an unknown entity. The scene was filmed at sunset, and I found out quite quickly that the rapidly fading light was going to be a problem that ultimately led to me not getting all of the footage that I wanted: I still need to film the end of the scene, which I will do as soon as possible.
 
 





I also shot the first scene set in reality, which is where the protagonist wakes up from his nightmare to a call from his partner saying that there has been another murder. I shot this in very low light, which may have been a mistake as there is a lot of graininess in the footage, so I may re-shoot this section. However, I think that the shots themselves look quite nice, so I might just keep the scene as is.
 







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