First Day of Filming Part 2.

 After not being able to record near my house we had to find a new location close by. When looking at the area not allowed to fly Blake noticed that Chloe’s house was not in the circle. Chloe only lives 5 minutes from me so it was perfect. We grabbed the equipment and headed to her neighborhood. Once we arrived she directed us to a quiet side street. Once there we parked in an empty lot and let Blake out. He set up the drone equipment and began to film. Using a call through my car and Blake’s phone we were able to talk while I drove. He directed me to start and stop at different points. Once was sure he had the shots we got in the car and headed back to my house. We were done with the drones so Blake put it away. The next shot we filmed was the scene of us in the car on the way to the house. It isn’t safe to use a phone while driving so we drove over to a park where it looked like we were driving on the street. I pulled over and me and Blake switched seats. We placed the phone on the dash and practiced our lines a few times. Once we thought we had it down we began to film. We took multiple takes because of a few errors but within 10 minutes we had the perfect take. Me and Blake switched and we headed back to my house. We re-watched a couple of times to make sure that they were perfect. Then we airdropped Blake all of the clips. Continued in next blog.

 



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