Karthikeya Yarlagadda AS Level Media Studies

 We had 25 shots planned for the second day and again started at 9 am. We had to shoot 3 shots outside the delivery location and did so quite easily within half an hour. Then we had 24 shots planned inside the delivery location as the main scene of the film happens there. This took a while, as we had started to experiment with the camera and shots. We used the shot list as a base and tried different techniques on set which added time that we didn't account for. We had a lot of takes to get each shot right which also drained us out, but we are still happy with the output of the shots.

 The first day of Shoot was planned from 9 am to 6 pm at the office and the road.  We planned to shoot 6 shots in the office which we did from 9:30 am till 12:30 pm. The shoot went quite smoothly as we were fully planned and it was indoors. However it took much longer than we expected to shoot the 6 shots because of the actors' performances. We wanted to get it right and not compromise for anything less. So from next time we will be more prepared. From 2 pm we started to shoot at the road. We had planned 19 shots on the road. We struggled to shoot those 19 shots as it was outdoors and the weather and lighting was constantly changing. High winds and cloudy skies added more pressure and made us rush through our shoot. The winds also interfered with our mics as we planned on doing live recording for the dialogues and ambient noise as we found it more convenient than dubbing.

 Most of our budget was spent on the equipment as we think it is really important to maintain high quality. Our Equipment: Sony a7r3 Camera - Owned 35mm Lens - Owned 24-70 mm Lens - Rented 70 - 200 mm Lens - Rented Lilliput Monitor - Rented Tripod - Owned Gimbal - Owned

  Total Days of Production - 2 1/2 Day - Warehouse 1/2 Day - Road 1/2 Day - Outside Delivery Spot 1/2 Day - Inside Delivery Spot

 Since this is a student film we didn't want to spend much, so we casted friends of ours who can act and have a passion for acting. Karna - Vignesh Reddy (My senior in school) Saha - Shalivahan (Acquaintance) Ramu - Sai Krishna Ranga (My teacher)

 Karna's Costume - A dunzo delivery uniform and jeans. Saha's Costume - A graphic t-shirt and jeans Ramu's Costume - A casual t-shirt and track pants

 Since the script demanded simple locations we were able to find them easily without any struggle. We selected - An office for the scene where the boss gives Karna his salary, an empty road and my friend's apartment. The office The empty road My friend's apartment