Thoughts of the No-Budget Filmmaker.

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Monday, May 18, 2009

Filming Recap: Day Five, 02.14.09

Behind the Scenes of Reminisce: The Prom Sequence, Day One - The Morning After...

We began the prom sequence with the last scenes of it. The first scene featured Hannah leaving Patrick's house, and was our first major outdoor shoot to happen in the early morning. The reason this makes such a difference is that the morning is when all the birds are the most chatty. Right before "action," we had to kick the tree nearest to the house to try to get the birds perched on the branches to quiet down some.

Then we moved on to the next scene, with Terry confronting Hannah. Big scene. The Prom Sequence is essentially the linchpin of the movie, essentially a movie in it's own right, and this scene would be the climax of it all. The actors really brought it, faced with the daunting task of handling massive emotionally charged lines, referencing stuff we hadn't yet filmed (which was sort of the case through the whole shoot, but no where more than here).



The day was essentially pretty smooth. Next: The Prep for Prom.

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