Blog #54 Filming Day 3 - Scene 3, Shots 2 & 4

 Before I get into filming the scenes, I have to address a change I made to this part of the film; I decided to cut Scene 2 entirely; which is where Dillon walks into school, and gets made fun of for his nails. I cut this for 2 reasons, 1, while we were table reading everyone agreed it was a bit weird and not really something people would call you out for, and 2, I can communicate Dillon getting to school in much more efficient ways; for example I could simply put a school bell sound on the transition from Dillon leaving his house and the sound effect and hallways are enough of a cue to indicate hes at school.


Anna watches Dillon walk - Long shot - POV - Canted angle - Handheld

In the script/ story boards I only had the first one at he top planed, however I added the one on the bottom, where Anna is also running, to add a more suspenseful or imposing scene, hinting at her affiliation with the cult.


Anna askes Dillo is she can give him her number - Over the shoulder - Handheld

This is just a typical cut back and fourth over the shoulder conversation, I added slight camera movement from handheld, to make it feel alittle awkward and more natural.

I am really happy with how these came out.


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