Today might be the easiest day of filming we've had all year. We went downtown Fort Lauderdale, known to the locals as The Downtowner, to film our last clue. It wasn't super busy, but there were still enough people to count as background characters so that the film looked more natural. Many people were walking puppies, and I had to fight the urge to pet them. We first filmed the scene of the girls walking across the bridge and then stopping to search for the water taxi sign. I had to walk backward to get this shot, and they were walking so quickly I was practically running. I probably looked ridiculous to onlookers, but it was super funny. In the next shot, I filmed a high-angle shot of the girls running down the ramp. I thought I looked ridiculous until I had to film this. Rather than run, they did a weird soccer mom jog that was so perfectly in sync. Hilarious. Next, I tried to sneak shots of the water taxi without looking like a stalker to the people on it. The hardest part of today was trying to get a low-angle shot of Siena putting on her jacket. She had it on in the last clip we filmed, so we needed to show her putting it on. I sat on the ground for this shot. I was utterly disgusted, but I got the clip. I was a little disappointed with the trashcan scene because I don't think they searched for the lucky ticket long enough, but I was outnumbered, so we kept it. After this, we tried to go home but got caught in rush-hour traffic. Ash managed to cut some of the time to get home by detours through random neighborhoods. We saw the most beautiful lakeside two-story houses one could only imagine living in. Here's a cute picture I took downtown that looks like it belongs on a postcard.
No comments:
Post a Comment