Construction Post 25: The Back-up Shoot

I think our back-up shoot went really well, as we retook all the shots we needed to and had a really fun time. We decided we needed a back up shoot because some of the footage from the main shoot had atrocious lighting in all of the takes, so we needed to fix that for our final edit. Also, we decided to change some parts of the sequence so that it made more sense, such as having a longer interview with Toby, as he is the main character.

We made a new shoot board for our back-up shoot with only the shots we needed to retake, and with what we needed to do in order to improve them written in some of the boxes.

Back-up shoot board page 1

Back-up shoot board page 2

Back-up shoot board page 3

WHAT WE DID DIFFERENTLY TO THE MAIN SHOOT

Shot 14/16 main shoot.

1. When taking the interview shots, we asked various questions to the actors and had them stay in role when answering. This provided us with enough material to fill any gaps we might have when editing, and make Toby's interview longer, which was very important as he is the main character.



Shot 14/16 back-up shoot.

2. We closed the curtains in shot 14/16 in the living room so that there would be less contrast between the beginning and end of the shot. Also, it meant there would be less light coming in from behind Joyce, and lessening the silhouette effect we had in the main shoot.
3. We took bonus shots, such as the shot of Joyce homeschooling Toby, and the shot of Joyce on Tinder. This meant that we had extra shots for any crosscutting we might need in editing.