Ice Cream with Jack

This morning was my designated morning for shooting. I'll be straight up, things didn't work out, and I'm disappointed about that. I'm very tired right now just fyi, so meow and stuff. Hey Patrick. Whaddup g? Chur. You missed out on cake today, it was very nice cake. Just ask my classmates. Perhaps I shall bring some more in for our last class of the semester. 

I woke up at 6:30 am to finish off making an ice cream cart for my film. It was really only tying a piece of board I had painted last night on it. I loaded it up with ice cream containers and everything else you would think would come with ice cream carts and was happy with it. Seeing as this is simply a cinematography exercise, I'm not really spending a great deal trying to find props that are realistic. I couldn't find anybody to help transport the gear from my house to shoot location so I pretty much just piled everything onto the dolly and wheeled the blimmin thing there.

Good thing I live only a few minutes walk away from where I was shooting.

After a few times where the ice cream cart literally tipped over, I finally got to set. We found that park workers were cutting down trees right next to where I wanted to film (the duck pond at queens park), so we decided to move. We ended up by the band rotunda. We started setting up gear, then realised that half the sound kit was missing, I am not used to using the Zaxcom so I thought that what I got from Gearman was all I needed. (shuddup. My brain wasn't working properly when I went to get my gear, ok). Soundie went and got the soundkit he had out from his house. In the meantime I blocked through and rehearsed with the actors. After about 40 minutes Soundie comes back, and continues setting up for his job. Only to realise "Oh shit! I've left the handle at home!" So off he goes again, to get the handle... It's really getting behind schedule at this point and I'm starting to worry a little, as the weather looks like it might start raining. We decide to shoot anyway, by just holding the microphone, while we wait for the handle. We get one shot done, which is a dolly shot, and I think it looks absolutely brilliant. Soundie comes back only to say he can't find the handle, which is a real pain in the butt. We get another dolly shot, a really tricky one this time. I want a dolly zoom, in one scene a character really turns angry, and I reckon that having the effect that dolly zooms give can really help play along with the emotion change. It wasn't working out too well, the actor was a bit uncomfortable having the camera as close to him as it was (it was the only lens that had a zoom function), and it was starting to rain, and we had like 4 people crowded around the camera and the dolly, Brogan's like right there pulling focus, I'm like right here zooming in and out, Cody's right there holding his jacket over the camera. I could SMELL them. Cody smells like a sheep. Brogan smells like a girl. Dan's like right over there pulling the dolly, and Sean's like right over there pushing the dolly, and I don't know where Arjun was. I couldn't smell them anyway. 

It's really miserable and intense and really starting to rain so after discussing with 1st AD we decide to wrap early. In the end I got two shots done, and I've barely filmed anything. Here's hoping for next Tuesday, that I can get more footage done.

I must acknowledge Brogan on her being a 1st AD. She did a brilliant job at it, and I would gladly have her as 1st AD on my film shoots.

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After taking some props home to my house, I got back to SIT around lunch time, and went to my screenwriting class with Duncan Sarkies. I learn so much from him. We continued on with our stuff for "Jimmie Jasper goes to Gore". We're writing episodes, and the story is really funny and great. The first years did a great job creating the characters. After my class, I uploaded my footage and audio, then wandered on home, watched the last episode of Game of Thrones season 4 (AHHHHHHH). I ate sizzlers for tea, then went with my beloved best friend ever to the best supermarket ever. We took a ridiculously long time choosing ice cream, of which as soon as we left the supermarket's doors, we ripped open our tubs and licked it all the way back to where we live. om nom nomnomnllmlmolmhahomlh. Hahaha. I had ice cream all over my face. I love being a Kimberley. I took some photos of some cats and a dog and then decided to do some homework. I finished my story thing for screenwriting class, and then started writing up this blogpost.

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