Before filming, I made a visual scene transcription, it just made it easier to remember which scenes to do, along with a sketch of what the scene should look like. I filmed based on the shot types, Master, Mid and specific characters, which made it so much easier to film! Mr. Aaronson was right! Compared to last year, where I filmed chronologically, it was difficult to constantly move the camera, reset the location and then film again. Granted, there's barely any movement of the camera for the Swede, it was simpler, and I will be integrating that into my filming for this year.
From a Cinematography standpoint, keeping the puppets at the right spot and in frame throughout filming was difficult since I couldn't watch it the entire time. I had to use the back view of the camera, the backdrop I made was too small to capture the entire frame, thus needing to zoom in a lot. The front camera doesn't allow you to zoom in, so I had no idea if anything was in the frame until I finished. One way to help, I marked where the two puppets should stand on the floor with an X, and that the two could fully "stand" and be still in frame. There was also trouble with the Mid Shots, due to not seeing the filming, but solved with Long Takes of the puppets flailing around and hoping that there were good enough takes.
For the weather, it was windy, meaning the backdrop and bubbles were affected making it difficult to film at a decent pace, having to stop or having unusable clips. Like sometimes the puppet would be in the correct spot, bubbles flowing in the right direction and the wind comes and blows the background, almost hitting the tray of clay props. Next time, I would film inside or film on a day when there's less wind. However, being outside did have amazing lighting.
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