First Test Shoot is Finished!

This entry was originally published at Toastmaster K - The Blog!

Today was a lot of fun, but a lot of work. We ran the first test shoot of a couple scenes.

Things I’ve learned today:

- Budget plenty of time for location set-up (furniture moving, camera set-up, etc.)
- Have a stage manager handy for line and blocking notes (Brendan would do this fine)
- Any line problems in the script will become very apparent.
- Having a tv monitor on hand is awesome for figuring out framing of shots.
- It’s very easy to forget about small details such as hair placement and character positioning.
- If a take is good on the first time, don’t shoot a second!
- The actors will get tired fairly quickly. We should take a break every 2 hours.
- We have plenty of people who are willing to be crew. Let’s figure out something for each of them to be doing so that Tom and I don’t forget anything.
- It’s fun to be calling the shots. (And…Action!)
- I should make sure my suitemates actually know what’s going on if we’re shooting in the room.
- 24 fps looks gorgeous!
- Having a behind-the-scenes cameraman makes filming even better.
- We’re making a f—ing movie!!!

Next test shoot will probably be happening next Saturday, either a day or night scene, but most likely an outdoor one.

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