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Production
SHOOTING SCHEDULE BY MAROOSH
DAY 1
We had planned to shoot on February 22nd, but when everyone was on their way to my house… my hair got stuck and I couldn’t film anymore (it was very traumatising, thanks for asking). So, being the drama queen that I am (Esha thinks so, not me), I begged everyone to shoot on the 23rd and even offered to bring them home.
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So, on February 23rd, we shot. On this day, we essentially completed all of the scenes (talking heads excluded because we got lazy).
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12 PM: We began by filming the scenes of the journalist in the room with the study table around, which took far too long because none of us are particularly skilled actors (I am not even joking it took us an hour or more just to shoot the journalist scenes). We took numerous close-up, over-the-shoulder, and mid-shots of Tashfa as she typed as well as of the laptop screen. To have enough footage to choose from for our final cut, we took as many shots as we could. (WordPress isn’t letting me post the cute pictures that we took)
2:30 PM: We then shot scenes of me playing the bandurria (or whatever the name of that instrument is) while seated on a swing and me putting the bandurria away, so practically all of my scenes were then shot all at once. We shot me in a variety of scenes in various settings, using midshots, closeups, and long shots.
3:15 PM: We stayed downstairs after that and recorded scenes of Esha and I conversing, sitting on the floor, messing around with the cassettes, and pretending to write songs (these were supposed to look “cute,” but ended up looking terrible). We also took shots of random objects like the telephone and the cassettes during this time.
4:30 PM: Finally, we captured scenes of Esha in a variety of settings for day one (these were taken upstairs). Because of the poor lighting and waning daylight, we had to take many shots of her.
DAY 2
On day two, we recorded Myiesha’s talking head scenes. These scenes were filmed at her house and at school.
DAY 3
On day three, I recorded talking-head scenes with my brother. These were fired at my house, so I didn’t think it was necessary for everyone to show up. I then sent them to everyone via Google Drive after taking those alone.
