Production wrapped up: Filming final Portion discussion PP#17

     Today we'll talk about the last and final portion of the film opening, which was inside around the DnD table.  This part needed to be taken towards the night for a couple of reasons.  I wanted to convey the idea of time going by to show that the time between the first portion and this portion wasn't filmed back to back.  Moreover, I needed to wait for Nick, the Dungeon Master, to come so he can take his role.  

    Josh couldn't come unfortunately due to personal reasons, which meant I had to swap out the roles.  Instead of having Josh as the Dungeon Master, I needed to have Nick take his role.  Fortunately, I had the script on hand, and Nicks's role allowed him to read the script as he played his role!

    This part of filming was.....

    Pretty rough I'm not gonna lie.  

    Not only were my actors pretty tired with filming from the first portion, but they seemingly didn't take this part as seriously, and didn't really commit to the role as much as I liked.  Getting my friends to actually commit to the role took about a solid 30 minutes.  They thought what they were doing was dumb and silly, but it's hard to shrug that off when you're trying to make a project for an actual school grade!

    But after some trials and tribulations, I was able to convince them to take the role somewhat seriously, and I managed to make something out of it.

    As much as I loved filming with my friends, I do not think they will be a viable option in the future.  I have to take into consideration that they're my friends, not actors!  

    So the takeaway is next time, I can't include my friends.  Which is okay!  I'm sure next time they'll be able to help in ways that aren't related to acting positions.  

    But with that out of the way, let's talk about what actually came about this portion!  Other than what was stated above, it went really swell!  We had a bunch of ups and downs, but it was really fun.  Being able to perform how we usually do, but in front of a camera.  So now I'll show you some clips from the shooting!

 

      Above are a couple of clips that we shot during filming!  It was really funny to see David rage like that.  And it's actually really reflective of real life since he usually rages like that at video games.

    I hope you enjoyed my insight on the filming of the last portion.  Next is editing, which I'll talk about ALOT since I love editing.

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