Changes to the Scene
After Alice's parts were finished, we began to film T. Jacobs's part. Here is how the scenes with T. Jacobs were planned to go. In the first therapy session, he would interrupt the session without knowing it was in progress to deliver some files, and Schultz would ask him to set them on her desk. Once filming, we realized there wasn't really a desk because it was a therapist's office. There was only a small table next to the chair she sat in, which already had a digital clock/timer on it that took up the space. That left pretty much no room for Jacobs to set the files down without the scene feeling a little awkward, so we decided to change up the scene a little bit. Instead of asking Jacobs to hand her the files, we made it so Schultz just waves him off with an annoyed expression. He would then put his arms up in a playful surrendering motion saying "My bad" as he backs out of the room. This change further emphasized Schultz's rude personality and helped the scene flow a bit better. We also decided to not have Jacobs wear a nametag because we realized that would not really make much sense for someone who works there already. Also, we ended up deciding to shoot the same scene with different angles so we have more variety when editing.
I Am A Terrible Actor
Yeah, we had to film for longer than I had liked for this small part of the opening since I just kept saying my lines wrong. The whole issue with this was that we needed to film the same scene twice with me interrupting the session. Since it is a time loop, I had to say my lines exactly the same with the same mannerisms and tone in order to maintain continuity with the plot. So that requirement combined with my terrible memory did not work together as smoothly as I thought it would.
Then, we realized that my shadow was pretty big on the door that I was coming from, so we tried a few things to fix it. At first, we tried to use a flashlight to make the shadow disappear, but then it looked like the door was glowing, so that didn't work. It also was blinding me because I had to face it in order to look like I was talking to Dr. Schultz. We then tried to have someone in the room I was coming from point the flashlight on the shadow area, but that ended up looking like I was walking in from heaven and ended up casting an even bigger shadow on the door. We decided to just suck it up and accept that I am a big guy that casts large shadows on things. We also realized about halfway in that it would be better if I held the files in my left hand so that when I did the surrender gesture it didn't block my face.
Here are a few bloopers:
We ended up finally getting a good enough take, so here it is:
The only issue with this last shot is the fact that you can see into the room I am coming from. Since it was filmed at one of our houses and not an actual therapist's office, that room was their parent's room. We might just end up darkening that area so we don't see inside of it in post-production, so it is not too big of a deal. Also, the reason that this shot was filmed like this was so we could implement the credits onto the wall, while still keeping it true to the rule of thirds. That was pretty much it for my part, and the next post will detail the production process for Schultz's scenes.
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