Phew! This is an intensive week.
Milim crafts up a PDF flowchart for us to have a better idea of how our story will play out, incorporating elements from the two whiteboards. Though the story structure will soon change, you can get an idea of the direction we were heading in.
After another, very productive meeting with George, we decide to flesh out our flashback scenes from four days to six, making the entire chain of events culminate over a week-long period in the lives of these characters.
At this time, we decide to change the name of our photo-film from the ambiguous “Unwritten” to the somewhat-less ambiguous “7 Days” (seeing as we’re following the lives of these characters for one week).
Of course, this also means we have a lot more work on our plate, since we’ll have to set up and shoot a lot more images, while also increasing our post-production – including Photoshop manipulation, voice-acting and ambient sounds.
We meet Friday morning and since it’s a rare gorgeous fall morning, decide to shoot our outdoor basketball scene with Dave and Mike at the outdoor basketball court two blocks east of the school. This turns out to be far more fun than we anticipate, and we manage to get some great shots everyone is happy with. Al and Nick play around on the court as Shahrzad, Anshul, Jeff and Milim take turns shooting them with three cameras.
Nothing but net!
Getting the shot just right...
We have time to shoot one more scene, and we shoot Mike (Al) in the Games Room, which doubles as his apartment.
Al trying hard not to laugh
We meet again on Sunday morning and set up and shoot the majority of our flashback scenes at the school, using the Faculty Lounge as a double for Dave and Mia’s living room (after a little rearranging), the school gym as a double for Mike and Dave’s gym, and the Faculty kitchen as Dave and Mia’s kitchen. This takes most of the morning, but it puts us out ahead of where we hoped to be at this point.
Setting up our gym shoot
"I like it. Do you like it?"
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