Ryan and I have been communicating about meeting up and it has been without success since our schedules are not syncing up. We will keep trying though throughout this week break. This is one thing I was worried about going into this project with a partner rather than going at it alone, but each has its pros and cons and I cannot change it now, so going forward we will try our best to work together however it works, whatever it takes.
So, onto the more important stuff, the main reason for this posting. This morning at around 9 I went to Chase's house to film. Chase is excited to be filmed as a spy since he sees himself as one already, in a way. I say this because he owns several weapons, knows how to responsibly use them and has handled them for years, and so he is trained with experience, like a spy would be. This could be something we could utilize in our film opening with shots of him shooting at a gun range since that fits the conventions of my genre as a dramatic spy movie. One should not forget or discount the comedic relief that will be present in this film opening.
All great dramas have bits, some less and some more than others, of comedy, which is why Ryan and I thought of including some in our's. One example of this comedic relief is the inclusion of a coffee mug showing "old ass" instead of "World Class" from fingerprint wear. Little bits like these, I believe, make a world of difference in production value. This brings me to a point of the importance of utilizing props as a student on a limited budget. I used a blank, white coffee mug and wrote on it with a blue dry erase marker, then I dabbed my finger on the letters to fake the natural rub away of fingerprint wear-and-tear that occurs from daily coffee drinking from the same mug.
