Behind the Scenes

In this blog it contains the behind the scenes during our shooting schedule.

Scene 1: School 

Here is a picture of us filming for the first time for our project at school. We received our teachers permission to film this scene and he was there supervising as well. A problem we faced when filming was that it was the only serious scene we had, where we all had to keep a straight face. However, that was very difficult because we (mostly Cassie, who was the main actor in this scene) couldn’t stop laughing. In the end, we still managed to get some shots without smiling and use them in our final video

Scene 2: Beach Scene

On the day we filmed our beach scene, we were very unprepared. Eileen forgot her cardigan at school which affected the character’s appearance and costume. However, the shots still ended up looking nice and cohesive, and Eileen still looked like a tourist going to the beach. So in hindsight it wasn’t that big of a problem. 

Before we started filming, we had some food and it gave us an idea to add into our video. It also matches the concept of our video theme which is “on a budget” because the food (Bakso) was only around 15k Rupiah. 

 In this photo, we can see Tisha was looking for a good angle to shoot the video. 

Figuring out how Eileen should hold the camera for the shot. 

This was the behind the scenes of the beach scene, which we filmed first. There was a shot that required the whole team in the frame, however we didn’t bring an “extra” person to be the cameraman, as we couldn’t find any mutual friends available on that day. So, we asked this nice stranger nearby if she could film us for a specific shot. She kindly agreed, and we got permission to take and put this photo in our blog. However, she requested her face to be covered.

Scene 3: Monkey Forest Scene 

On the day of filming for the monkey forest scene, we all were tired as we had just finished the school week. However, we loaded up with snacks in the car and that helped to liven up our energies so we could put on a good expression for our video.

In this video, we used a POV shot in order to make it more relatable for our audience.

Us on the way to the monkey forest!

We had some safety concerns when visiting the monkey forest. The monkeys in the monkey forest are free, meaning they can walk anywhere they please. They’re also known to be very naughty, and they might grab things that are out, for example the phones we were using to film. However, We always made sure that one person served as a lookout when we were filming a scene, making sure the monkeys don't get too close. We also didn’t film any of the monkeys' weird or aggressive behaviour, e.g a monkey eating hand sanitizer, to show our audience only the good sides of the forest.

Scene 4: Restaurant 

We didn’t take many pictures for this scene, as we were hungry and immediately ate after filming our food.  However, here's a few pictures of the food we included in the video and us entering the restaurant.

Self reflection: During the behind the scenes there are some times where we didn't do most of our storyboard because of something new that we found, for example the time when we were hungry we use that as an advantage for our project as it become one of our shot. Not only that during behind the scenes there were time when we finish recording then the weather decided to go bad, which we were lucky enough we finish everything we needed to do, but then again most of the things went smoothly and everyone had fun during filming.