Blog Post #41 - Obstacles Recording the Security Camera Scene

 While me and my actors were getting ready to start recording, we ran into multiple unexpected problems. The scene I will be discussing in this post is the scene of the security camera footage, which features the Killer killing Lacey's Child, the Killer played by me, and the child by Ethan. The script for this scene has the killer approaching the child, and stabbing him, with (fake) blood flying out.


Photo of me, Eriberto (Eddie) Mendoza, in the Killer's outfit before recording


The problems we ran into may have been unexpected, but they were not unpredictable and could have been planned ahead. The biggest obstacle we ran into was the weather. We noticed a few hours before, the sky had gotten gloomy, grey, and cloudy, but I dismissed it, being eager to start production. When my actors arrived at my house to record the scene, I felt a drop come from the sky, at this point I was starting to get worried, the sky had gotten darker and more grey. 


Recording


When we went to start recording the scene, the weather slowly started to pick up, at first a few drops every few seconds. Then it started pouring, leaving the ladder I set up to record on unstable in the wet dirt, and slippery as water collected on it. Here is a drawn diagram of the setup used to record this scene.    





Despite this, we carried on with recording, but as it turns out, that did not go so pleasantly either. 



Attempt 1- Briefing

As Ethan was introduced as an actor quite recently, I did not spend adequate time discussing the scene with him, and given this he was confused. As you can see during the video, he is unsure of what I'm planning to do with the Killer's blade, and the water bottle holding the fake blood. This was a mistake on my part, and this mistake caused a delay, giving the rain time to start up before the second attempt.

Attempt 2- Rain

As the rain had started to ramp up, everyone was anxious about standing outside and recording in the rain, given this was an important time I had to utilize my skills. Also given the rain, the dirt outside was wet, causing Ethan (the actor of the child) to be hesitant about falling into the dirt, especially whilst already wet.


To conclude, I will make sure to do research beforehand on the conditions during the time I set to record my scenes and to also make sure everyone contributing to the scene knows exactly what is going on in the scene, in order to efficiently work together.


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