Production day 1

 Hello friends, welcome back!!

  Here's a little of what happened our first day filming! We started by filming Gianna arriving home. To make this scene realistic, we used my car to show her pulling into the driveway. At first, we tried using Candelaria’s film camera, but since it was too dark, it was hard to see Gianna and the surroundings clearly. In the end, we decided to use our phones to capture the scene. We included different types of shots: long and medium shots for when the car was pulling in, a low-angle shot, and a tracking shot when Gianna was walking into the house. When Gianna walked in to her house she looks turns around and closes the door behind her 

Once Gianna walked into her room she placed her backpack where she places it daily. After, she walked to her calendar which displayed the days she had doctors appointments and physical therapy for her injured knee, in few weeks she had her competition day. In order to show that Gianna was crossing off different days in the calendar we changed what clothing she had on her arm. For example, we used a blue, light grey, and dark grey hoodie on her arm to represent the different days she was crossing out the calendar.

Next, Gianna receives a message from her coach. For this shot, we used a handheld camera and a mid-shot of her lying on her bed. Then, we transitioned to Gianna at her desk, going through stacks of papers. We used a close-up to focus on her grades, which she didn't put her best effort into, to show how she's struggling academically. That’s when she finds the consent form for a gymnastics competition. We zoomed in on the title to give the audience context. Using extreme close-ups, we captured her ignoring the rule about injuries and filling out the form anyway. But before she can finish, there's a knock on the door. We reshot the moment several times to show her scrambling to hide the form, trying emphasizing that she didn't want whoever was walking through that door to know she can't compete due to the fact that she is injured.

Throughout filming, we tried to mix up our shots instead of overusing the same ones, like backshots, which we had relied on a lot before. We also ended up overshooting a ton, but that just means we’ll have more options to choose from during editing! And that wraps up Day 1 of filming!