The Directors Chair

Greetings and welcome back fellow bloggers! Today we at CineMarcus Productions will talk about the details behind my role in Forsaken! If you guys forgot, I am the director of Forsaken and "being in the chair" was amazingly fun to be in! Envisioning the different kinds of shots, how to portray them, and to see the interactions between my co-director Justin, my supporting actor Alexander, and the guest appearance actors Raul and Freddy was one of my favorite experiences I’ve ever had in my life to be honest! So in today's post join us as we undergo the various areas chronologically that made my role pretty important to turning Forsaken into life!

As we dove into the story, each scene became a big team effort that highlighted everyone's talents! The chemistry between me and Justin and the actors brought this lively kind of energy that allowed us to explore the many creative ideas we brought! I remember the intense brainstorming sessions with Justin and Alexander, where we focused on the character's journey to ensure it connected with the audience!

Obviously, being the director isn't as easy as you think. There were important challenges that came regarding the film process as you guys know from what I’ve said in previous blog posts! For example, as we entered the first day of shooting, the tasks of filming on the first day was definitely a big struggle. As mentioned in MANY blog posts ago, we had encountered a very specific issue where my team wasn't satisfied with all of the shots, making it seem like it was rushed and it was of course. On my part, I thought we could've finished filming in one day but that wasn't the case. So after that I realized my past mistakes and ever since then it was nothing but satisfactory areas we've improved heavily!

Instead of letting these challenges make us almost give up, we all came together and improvised on what kind of shots and transitions we can use which you guys can clearly see from the storyboard blog posts! Each take brought its own set of surprises, but through the chaos we were surprisingly able to capture the genuine moments that resonated with the spirit of the story we wanted to tell! Being the director was the best thing I could ever experience considering that I want to become a film director one day. Thus, I am so proud of the progress we've done ever since I uploaded the first post talking about Forsaken and it wouldn't possible without you guys! 

Thank you bloggers for reading today's post! Stay tuned for more updates and see you on the flip side!