Set Design Creation🎬🌙

Set Design 

Introduction: 

    So, I began filming my production last night (soo many bugs) at Regional park which is the location I ended up choosing since there was good lighting and a lot of parking lot space to work with.

Design:

    Designing the set was actually a lot more fun than I thought. My parents and I had recently bought cones, Do Not Cross tape, fake glass, and red and blue flashing lights to act as police lights flickering in the background to enhance the film engagement. I taped the caution tape around a light post to make it higher, then taped them around cones to make a little area of the caution tape where we could put all of the props in. I also laid out some of the fake glass and spread out the different props that the main character would be picking up. My dad had an old camera that we used to take "pictures" of the "evidence" from the crime scene. (the camera didn't really take a picture, only the light flashed). This camera added on to the overall set design because it made enhanced the FBI agent character /thriller theme. We went to Regional park at around 7:30PM and left around 9:50PM so we only filmed for about two hours. I filmed all of the necessary outside parts around the FBI agent and crime scene however I still need to film the other few scenes. 

Design cons:

    In the set design process I did come across a few hardships. One was that the cones were extremely small meaning I had to record a lot with low angles or mid shots waist up. It didn't allow me to get too diverse within scenes but when I did, I made sure to switch props around to make it still seem realistic. Another con was the red and blue flashing lights. I bought four bike lights that came in just red and blue flashing lights to act as a police car in the film however I had to move them to a lot of different places while recording which was a lot more annoying than  using actual lights. I also had to ensure that the lights wouldn't really be in the frame when filming which made some of my shots come out different than what I had expected. Other than this, everything within the outside FBI agent scenes were very fun and I added a lot more than i thought I was going to.

Here are a few pictures of my set after I finished setting up, getting ready to begin the filming process:

 

Summary:

    Overall I think everything in the set was amazing and I am so happy with how everything turned out. Creating a "real" set for a "real" film was just something I never thought I would do. The set came out as everything I wanted it to be. Even though there were cons and some stuff didn't work out as planned, I managed to build around it and my the film even greater than what it would've been!