Day Three of Shooting

 IT'S THAT TIME BLOGGERS! 

Today's an amazing day here at CineMarcus Productions, where I have an ENORAMOUS announcement to share with you guys! Can you guess what it is? Drum roll please... WE HAVE FINISHED FILMING FORSAKEN! We are so happy with the final product and we're insanely excited to start editing it and to later publish it for you guys to see! Join us today as I share you all the moments that led to us finishing Forsaken! 

Today's filming was incredibly calm, especially since we've already wrapped up the bulk of the film opener! The main focus was on capturing the vibrant arcade scene, a personal favorite of mine, where the characters would be in playful interactions just as friends in the real life do when they're enjoying a day out together! The characters fun day at the arcade really helped create a really genuine atmosphere in my humble opinion! We chose to keep the ending scene from our initial draft that is right after the arcade scene because it was the most important part of the film opener and it was tough to reshoot. Thankfully, that part didn't require any reshoots, allowing us to maintain its original charm and impact...

When we arrived at the mall, our guest actor, Raul, was really late due to traffic. Fortunately though, this did not disrupt our film shoot. We had planned to meet around between 2:30 PM and 3:00 PM, but Raul didn't arrive until around 3:15 PM. My partners, Justin and Alexander, our guest actor, Freddy, and I felt impatient since we were on a tight schedule. However, when Raul finally arrived, we were relieved and began filming right away...

Regarding the challenges we faced filming today, we didn't go through many obstacles compared to the other two days. However, an ENORMOUS problem appeared. From the amount of footage we recorded, we had to sadly delete the scene of the characters roaming through the shops throughout the mall because of time. As you may know, our film opener needs to be below two minutes...

Since our opener had to fit within a strict time limit, we decided to cut the shopping scene to keep the film's pacing more clear as possible. Instead, we actually focused on improving the arcade scene to show better the mall's lively atmosphere in a shorter way. I'm happy to say this change worked well. In the end, the arcade scene became engaging and truly captured the spirit of the mall environment!

I can't believe we did it guys. We've been through so much and in the end we finished the film opener! Thank you guys so much for staying with me on this journey and I can't wait for you guys to see the final product of the film coming soon! Thank you bloggers for reading todays post! See you on the flip side and stay tuned for more updates!