Third Day Filming

 We luckily had an extra day to film since we were still missing the end part of our film along with close-up shots I desperately wanted to film the first day. Like always, there was an issue for the day. Bella, our cinematographer was absent, so Brendan took over for her. Now that he had the camera, he took creative liberty and how I wanted the final shot of Kim standing up to be shot was changed.

I wanted the camera directly in front of her to make her take up most of the frame, showing extreme power and dominance for her character. I wanted her to stand up so only her torso was seen and crack her knuckles, but Brendan wanted to shoot it as an over-the-shoulder shot of me where it shows Kim's back standing up, not in front of her. This goes against everything I was trying to symbolize in the last scene and he would only film over-the-shoulder shots. 

Here's the four different angles we have of the scene, but it's still not what I wanted out of the shot.

The only angle I can use is the over-the-shoulder shot of Kim where I'm cornered and Kim takes up most of the middle, which shows me being overtaken since Kim is more important. It's not the angle I wanted for the story I wanted to tell but it's the best I got given unfortunately.

I refuse to use any of the other 3 since I feel the master shot of both of us doesn't have any symbolism, the over-the-shoulder of Kim where I'm in focus and taking up most of the camera tells a different narrative, and the over-the-shoulder shot of me doesn't even show Kim's front half anymore.

Most of this day was close-up shots for me to use as filler expressions in the film, but I felt that last scene was significant and I disliked how Brendan didn't stick with what was planned.