Production - Filming Final Task #5

 Filming is moving along pretty well now. I am far less stressed and am confident things should go smoothly from here on out.  I reviewed the scenes I filmed and there were a couple of issues, but they can be reshot next week when I finish up filming and focus on the reshoots. I started shooting the outdoor scenes, but traffic was busy on my street and I just couldn't get the shots without way too much background noise. By the time things quieted down, it was too dark to film anything. Those are two things I didn't anticipate. Firstly, I didn't realize the time crunch there would be filming at near dark and dark. There is such a small window between dusk and way too dark to film. Secondly, I seriously did not anticipate how busy my street would be. My mom kept having to yell, "CAR!" every five minutes it seemed. My dad was a good sport and said he doesn't mind having to do the ghost makeup again. His scenes will definitely need a reshoot since I am not sure I could recreate the makeup exactly the same again. To make up for time lost, we went inside and shot the shot-reverse-shot scene a few more times. When it comes down to editing everything, I want to have a lot to work with. 

Next week's filming should be much better. I will have more time and hopefully there will be an evening that isn't super busy on my street. I am pretty sure that to get enough shots to work with, I will have to shoot multiple nights. Otherwise I think I will have the same problem with it getting too dark too fast.  I will also be reviewing my previously shot scenes. I need to figure out what is good and what, if anything, needs to be reshot.