Final Week 2: Screen Test

 02/09/2024

    Today is the day we are running our screen test. We did run into one hiccup already and that is our location. We were originally planning to film in an abandoned mall and yesterday I went over to scout out the mall to see if what we were planning would work but it turns out that about a month or two ago the mall sectioned off all the closed areas and we can no longer go in. I dug into this a little and found out that a new company bought the property and they are working on renovations so there was no way we were making it inside the area we wanted to film in. So we went onto plan b, using the other mall (who knew there are two abandoned malls in this town); however, this mall does not have the mural we were planning to use as our title card so instead we might use a "welcome to Sarasota" street sign. This mall is a little less abandoned than the other one so we had to find a mostly empty area and luckily there was one so we could film without disturbing anyone. After running through the script for the first time we decided that Hannah would be Harper and Paris would voice the mom and film most of the shot especially when both Hannah and I are in a scene. One problem that we are a little worried about is the music that is playing in the mall since when we filmed with our phones the camera picked up on it and it is very noticeable. We are hoping that when we use the rode mic will mostly just pick up our voices or we might try out the little mics that we can attach to our shirts but we have not used them before so we are unsure how they work. We are definitely going to consult with Mr. Z about this issue and hopefully find a solution next week. We took some pictures inside the mall to hopefully showcase an idea of how the film will look (thank you Josie for tagging along and taking our picture)! Alright, that is it for today, I will see you next week!