The Challenges of Filming Offsides

 

Good evening viewers! In this week’s blog I want to go over the current challenges my crew and I are facing during our shoots for our film, most of which arise from technical, as well as practical, sources. Anyways, proceed on to find out!

It is no secret that choosing what angles and shots is a core part of filming your movie, whether it be attempting to find the degree the shot should be placed at or trying to make it fit the tone we are trying to convey with our film. Finding the proper lighting is a major issue for us when it comes to production, as we may simply not want to have too dark or too light in our film. Many films in today’s media use high-budget cameras and post-production editing to achieve the lighting that they wish to use. For example, you want an outside scene of the sun illuminating an orange glow onto the right side of a character’s face, simultaneously having the dark shade resting on the left side. This type of scenery can be beautiful and hopeful. However, for our film we would have our main character be inside of a restroom, where I wish to have him in an environment with that same orange toned lighting, but with low-key lighting present to distinguish how nervous he was about stepping onto the field. Unfortunately, that is not the case with public restrooms, especially when they have white ceiling lights instead of orange ones. However, a fast solution for this would be to simply film certain scenes at different locations and times, such as at someone’s house or at a different park.

The next issue comes from the schedules of our actors. A good quote that I enjoy using in any situation would be “The more the merrier!” However, when it comes to producing a film, I have grown a few gray hairs. Unfortunately, actors do not simply free their afternoon up on a Saturday to come film too often, especially when you don’t pay them at all. At least a quarter of the cast are available to film at a time, so our solution is for us to make the most of it when we can. We hope the lack of participation would not have us tweak the story a bit in order to assist with this downside, but for the time being we will stick with our current cast. 

Additionally, my co-director and I want to state that we do believe we will overcome these complications, because we are dedicated to releasing a polished and intriguing film to our fans. We sincerely wish the best for our work, because the film-industry is based off the efforts the production team implements into their craft. Thank you, reader, who has supported us throughout these blogs and we look forward to showing you what we have in the works.