Day 3: Lights, Camera, Action- The Shooting of Dances with Werewolves

 Day 3 was the day of our shoot. Everyone was preparing for his or her role. Georgia was to be cinematographer, Karl boom operator, Everett Fred-George Bob-Gerard, and Ben the Prisoner/Werewolf. Below, Ben prepares himself for the role while Karl searches for the boom, and I review the script.

Below, Karl helps me put up our jail cell bars. We are standing in front of our awesome set piece!

Everett, or should I say Fred-George Bob-Gerard, is looking very much the policeman with his badge and handcuffs at the ready!

Georgia sits in our makeshift dolly, a wheeled office chair. She is framing up the shot for the film!

Ben, sitting in his "cell" gives the thumbs-up sign that he is ready to go! Soon he will transform from an innocent prisoner into a werewolf!

and.... ACTION! Fred-George Bob-Gerard rounds the bend, Karl is ready to go, Georgia sits on our dolly, and I get ready to pull her backwards to achieve a tracking shot of Everett as he walks down the hallway. Everyone looks like a member of a professional film crew!

As much fun as filming is, it is still lots of hard work!
Karl takes a breather to rest his arms.

The crew spends a moment to rest and play around. Keeping it fun is always the most important part of a movie shoot!

That's a wrap! Day 4 however brings with it editing... learning how to use Final Cut Pro to transform our raw footage into a movie!