Two of the most important things myself and Nisserin needed to do was update the shot list and update the blocking images. We worked together when doing this but we both had our own individual jobs to do, so I updated the blocking images and then Nisserin updated the shot list based on the blocking images.
We started with Scene 1:
Scene 1
Original Scene 1 Blocking (Left) - New Scene 1 Blocking (Right & Below)
All of the characters have changed in positions, some more than others, but I think the new positions work a lot better than the original. Instead of Dean being placed in the back corner of the room, he is now in the front corner. One of the problems we thought about with Dean being in the back corner was the lighting. The lights wouldn't have lit the three characters in that back corner, and we would've had to do a big camera reset, when we wanted this scene to be multi-cam and smooth. Based on these issues and desires, we moved Dean to the front so we could see him better in the cameras, and the lights will be able to reach him. Annie was also moved to the back during her first line of dialogue, and Marie & the Boss and in the same space, just a little bit closer to the cameras.
In the original blocking, the main action of the scene happened in the back corner where Dean was originally placed. However, it made a lot more sense to have the action in the middle of the area, since the lights will reach the characters and the cameras won't have to reframe too much.
Nisserin mentioned using the track & dolly for the wide shot. At first I wasn't sure, but open further discussion I realised it would look quite professional and smooth, and also it would add a bit of difference to our show.
Once we changed the blocking of Scene 1, we moved onto all of the scenes in Marie's house:
Scene 2:
Instead of filming from three different angles like we originally planned, we decided it would be a lot easier, and more practicable in both production and post, to film in one end of the car. This scene is only a few seconds long so there doesn't need to be multiple different shots as it would just lengthen the scene, which is something I don't want. We also plan to do a WS on the other side of the road so you can see the back of the car and the house in one shot. This will be a shot we cut to after scene 1 and beginning of scene 3.
Scene 3:
Due to us not having seen the location before we started blocking all of the scenes, we had to leave this scene along with the others in the same location, and we had to start from scratch with the blocking of this location. I moved the characters and the cameras in the positions based on what we experimented and decided on during the location recce. We made sure to not cross the line whilst also not creating too many camera resets.
At this point, we aren't sure how many crew members we will have for this filming day, so the blocking shows a two camera scene, but it might have to be a single camera shoot.
Scene 12 & 13
Similarly to Scene 2's blocking, I positioned all the characters and cameras in the places that we experimented and discussed on the location recce day. Blocking the scenes were a lot easier, and a lot of details can be placed on the blocking image due to us visiting the location before shooting. Scene 13's blocking has three cameras in one scene, but this won't be how we shoot this scene. Partially because we probably won't have enough crew members, but also because you will definitely see the other cameras in at least one shot.
Now that all of the blocking is updated and the shot list follows the blocking, it will make the shoot day a lot easier by having the shoot packs with us. Also it will make post more efficient as we won't get confused by the shots mentioned on the shot list. I don't feel as prepared for these two shoot days compared to how I felt for the shoot week, but that's probably because we don't have a definite amount of crew or cast yet. I've done everything I need to do, so at this point I'm hoping that everything will fall into place.
I need to make sure that the shoot packs are ready and I have a list of everything needed so I can use it on the shoot days.
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