So Yellow Lights has wrapped filming for the fall semester. I looked back through the blog to see the last time we had done an update on the movie, and the last entry was on Nov. 17th! Definitely well past due for an update on how the movie is coming along.
Since November, we have started principal photography. We’ve filmed 10 out of approx 50 scenes and finished 2 out of 9 shooting weekends. The filming has generally taken longer than we expected it to, and we didn’t originally budget in time for costume changes, makeup fixes, or pizza breaks on the longer shoots.
We’ve filmed all of the scenes in June’s and Chris’ rooms because we’re trying to get as much filming done that takes place at one location at the same time (or at least the same weekend). The scene that has taken us the longest to film was the conversation between June & Chris over a game of pool. Although the scene itself is fairly short, the storyboards ended up having 23 different shots of the two characters, and we had to spend time having Amanda attempt to make shot after shot on the pool table until she sunk the balls.
It definitely is going to continue to be a lot of work to spend each weekend filming, not even counting the 1-2 rehearsals we’ll have each week. But in the end, I definitely feel like it will be well worth the effort and time put in.
Hopefully, the official movie site should go live in the next 1-2 weeks. You’ll be able to find it at http://www.yellowlightsmovie.com.
If you have any questions about how the project is coming along, feel free to leave comments on this site, or email me at kevin@yellowlightsmovie.com.
