Tea Parties

It's Week 6 of blogs...woah! This past week the crew and I met for two test shoots. The first shoot was held on a bridge off of Saulner Road when you're heading towards Wrightsville Beach. We used the bridge as a dock-like figure and got various shots of the teacups rotating and paving ways across the ledges. I enjoyed this shoot a lot because it was the first time we have all worked together, as a group, while on set. It was a ton of fun and I am proud of several of the shots we captured on film. The next shoot we had was on the Production Day and we shot outside in Ally's backyard. Compared to the first test shoot, this one was at night, so it was cool to mess around with lighting. During the day shoot, we used all natural lighting and focused mainly on the teacups and choreography. Also, how we could use the environment around us as mise-en-scene or resources within each shot. The nighttime shoot we started experimenting. We used paint and water to see what different effects we could get while also having the teacups move in stop-motion. The crew even decided to mix up the objects in the scene as well, so there wasn't just teacups. We had the teacups moving in and out of tall vases and other various cups. I think this test shoot was a lot of fun as well and we filmed for about four hours making sure to try new things. Since we didn't have a bridge or dock, we used aluminum foil as the base on top of Ally's hot tub cover and it gave the image a water-like effect. After these two test shoots, I am excited in the direction my group and I are heading. We are getting more and more excited about the final project each week and while we work, we each have a lot of ideas to contribute. A lot of the work is trial and error, but it is definitely creative. We're excited to show the class next Monday the footage we received in our first dailies! So stay tuned for that!

Have I Gone Mad? 

I'm afraid so. You're entirely bonkers. But I'll tell you a secret. All the best people are. 

-Alice and The Mad Hatter from Alice in Wonderland-