Reshoot Blog: Monster/Action scenes

 

 

Hey blog, today I had to re-shoot all of the scenes where the monster is present. It was a feeling of disbelief when I reviewed the footage only to find that the footage was not only in terrible picture quality, but some segments of footage wouldn't even load properly. The footage looked as if it had been filmed with a microwave. All of the action scenes that I had filmed smoothly were now choppy, glitch y, and pixelated. This is mostly likely due to the fact that there was an internet outage when Kevin had sent me the footage and I had to download it with one bar and limited storage. Typically with larger files I use wifi so it helps maintain the original quality of the videos sent. This was a major set back for the day because now instead of editing footage we now had to dedicate another day to gathering the footage all over again. It was rough. I didn't have much motivation to re-shoot all of those scenes. I was very proud with the original footage, and seeing it all go to waste disheartened me. However the internet is back up and I decided to re-shoot the scenes on my iphone 11. It does have a lower camera quality but I think this will work in my favor. I want to go for a slightly grainy appearance. This will make the audience try to pay even more attention to notice minor details. They might question if they really saw something or if the grainy picture is making them see things. Re-shooting the monster scenes was actually very simple. I reviewed the old footage and was able to replicate the look easily. From the positioning of the monster to the movement in the scenes. I did decide to make a few minor changes but they were as simple as where the monsters hands would be placed. All in all it worked out in the end. That's all for today I'll see you in the next.