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I am Yiding Wang, the director of this film. Here I am going to record all the processes of my study and preparation for this film.
My difficulty at the moment is telling a very dramatic story in 12 minutes. I need to improve my storyboarding skills and narrative efficiency. This is a comedy in which the image and performance of the characters are equally important.

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The filming of this film will be over a long period of time, in order to clarify what I should do at each stage, I made a timeline and will strictly follow the content of the timeline to complete these tasks within the specified time

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Saw a comedy, the second half of the rhythm I think can refer to. The characters in it are having new crises all the time, causing him problems, and his emotional state can also be referenced here.

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After my reflection and comparison, I plan to use this film as a reference for my rhythm. So it's a realistic style, but I still think rhythmically I can learn something useful.

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We discussed the script with the scriptwriter today. We cut some unnecessary plots and tried to speed up the pace.
I think there's a problem with the script right now. The lines of the characters are not natural enough. Since we are both Chinese, I plan to ask a British friend to help us change the lines.

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I looked for a comedy film in order to learn the storyboards and rhythm in movies. Here I found that jimmy's character can be compared with the hero in the movie: unlucky, talkative and kind.
The shot of him talking on the phone with his mother in this film uses close-ups, which I think can highlight the psychology of the character, so I will also consider using close-ups when I write the storyboard.

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Today, we saw a suit shop suitable for shooting on the street. We asked for the contact information and prepared to communicate with the shop manager.
I found two shooting problems in it. First, the mirror is so low that the actor may not be able to get a full body view. Second, the light inside is dim. I need to communicate with the art director and lighting director about this problem later.

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Subjective Shot (A close-up of ellie as jimmy and ellie warmed up)
Hand held Shot (Jimmy and kevin are arguing in the bathroom)
Fixed long Shot, character scheduling (When kevin came into the living room)
Close-up scene montage combination (jimmy went to three stores to dress up)
Fixed lens pan (jimmy takes kevin to the bathroom)

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Today I read in this book about the camera and actors working together. Here the characters show the relationship between the characters through their own movement. The relationship of the characters is constantly changing, so the proportion of them in this picture is constantly changing, They present a moving geometry.
I can also use this shooting technique to show the relationship between Jimmy, Ellie and Kevin, so that Kevin can break the sense of balance between them before.

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The characters in this movie can be referenced. When jimmy was pretending to be the boss, he would be nervous and unsure of himself, as well as grandiose.

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Today, my team members and I went to find a house. This is the house I imagined for Mary. The whole structure is nice and in line with old people living alone.
However, in photography, the house is backlit, but there is no way to plug in the power outside the window to fill the light, so this house is listed as a candidate.

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10.12.2022 My personal interpretation of storyboarding

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10.12.2022 My personal interpretation of storyboarding

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As our search for a venue progresses, my storyboard creation is about to begin. I thought carefully about what should be special and noteworthy about our film in terms of storyboarding.
As a narrative-driven film, storyboarding, the most important thing is that I need to tell the story clearly through it, followed by some artistic perspective. Because I think it's pointless for me to think much in terms of artistic expression if the audience doesn't even know what our story is about.
So I need to go and make sure that the narrative efficiency in the storyboard, i.e. what kind of narrative each shot should carry, it has to have a narrative function, because we are not a mood movie.
I started to read the script of the writers more carefully and I indicated every single action down. I started to think about what I needed to make the characters do in this shot and what state I needed to get them to in the next shot. And, I was figuring out how to carry the maximum amount of narrative in a single shot.
I started to storyboard with a sense of merit, i.e. I needed to make sure that every shot I made was clear and that I had to let the audience know what I was talking about.

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One successful day, we found the right house to shoot Mary's house! And I have discussed with the owner of the house. Although the house is a little big, I think its space makes us more suitable for shooting.

One problem is that we set Jimmy to repair the light bulb in the script, but the lamp here is a chandelier similar to a candle shape, which is not consistent with our initial idea. I have to discuss a new plan with the artist to make sure Jimmy can fix the light bulb successfully in this house.

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We found a perfume shop in guildford the other day. We are negotiating with the store manager whether we can film.

It's not my idea of the perfect perfume shop. Because I want the table top to be straight, and here it's round. A straight table is more convenient for shooting. If we hadn't talked about success, we would have looked further afield for a more suitable perfume shop.

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The same romantic comedy film.
The use of colour here gave me some inspiration. The film uses bright, light colours to give a cheerful feel, such as the yellow dress on the main character Julie.
In addition, this director is very fond of close-ups and uses quick camera cuts to enhance the sense of pace and comedy.

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The film has a lighter pace and atmosphere and creates a relaxed atmosphere through its energetic music. At the same time, a lot of follow-up shots and close up shots are used to show the emotions and interactions of the characters.
The film has a lighter pace and atmosphere and creates a relaxed atmosphere through its energetic music. At the same time, a lot of follow-up shots and close up shots are used to show the emotions and interactions of the characters.
I think the ratio of the number of shots of jimmy and ellie in my film can be referred to this film.

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Today we went to see the house suitable for ellie's shooting, and I was very pleased with the living room. But the toilet space is too small, I need to discuss with the photographer about whether I can shoot in the toilet. On the whole I'm quite satisfied.

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The script was finalised and we looked at some suitable houses. I now move on to the next step, writing the shooting list.
For convenience, I will write the Chinese version first, and I will change these to the English version after I finish the revision.

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After more site surveys and comparisons, we decided that the house we saw on the 18th of this month was the most suitable for our shoot. In this way we have a problem in the art, the house is too white, it doesn't see any life in it. It's obviously a rental flat.
This scene, which we used to shoot Ellie's home, is the most important scene in the film and we had to transform it. I had a conversation with the production designer and began to conceptualise a preliminary art scheme. The difficulty that would exist was that because it was a realistic scene, we had to place household objects and not give the appearance that we had elaborate designs for the scene.
I wanted the colours of the film to be bright, which meant that the production design should not include items that were too dark, and the colours of the props should form a harmonious match with the costumes of the main characters.
The production designer understood my needs and started working on her art programme.

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Today, I found a house suitable for shooting of jimmy's home, with a small living room. This kind of shabby feeling is what I like. But the room is a little small, need to communicate with the photography. As for the setting, I hope the art manager can arrange the room in a disorderly way to reflect Jimmy's living environment.

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In order to monitor progress, we held a group meeting to discuss the direction of work and the difficulties encountered.
Today, we determined the budget, looked at the preliminary art scheme and photography scheme, and found a lot of problems.

1: As for the bathroom at ellie's home, there is a problem in the house we chose. There is not enough space in the bathroom, so we cannot guarantee that the photographer can stand in the bathroom at the same time as the actor.

2: In the UK, water pipes are built into walls and we can't make them burst.

3: When the pipes burst, the sound of the splash overlaps with the actors' lines, making it less effective for recording.

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We have a scene where jimmy walks out of mary's house and runs back in. The outside of mary's house we chose was not suitable for shooting, so we needed to find another street to assume that it was the street outside mary's house. I found a suitable street near the school.

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I finished the shooting of the first three scenes two days ago. Today I met with DOP and talked about the camera position chart in detail.
Two unsolved problems: 1. The space of Jimmy's home is too small, so it may not be possible to realize character scheduling. 2. When Jimmy is repairing the lamp, can the camera be raised to the same level as the chandelier?
Solution: Visit the house again

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Today, our group went to school to meet our teacher and discuss our progress.
The advice my teacher gave me about directing.
1: Set up an online meeting with the actor to talk about the role in detail and choose the best actor for the role.
2: Control the pace of the story, take the camera ahead of time, and identify existing problems.
3: Detailed communication with production design, sound design, gaffer about the shooting plan, so as to unify the style of the film.
4: Keep the number of pages of the script down to 12 minutes.

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Unfortunately, we selected a very satisfactory suit shop in advance and communicated with the owner, and he agreed to our request. After class yesterday, my producer and I visited the owner again. He suddenly rejected our request, and without any warning, we had to find another scene again. The producer and I walked around Aldershot today, found a good suit shop, talked to the owner about the needs of the shoot, and she said yes, I need to rethink my storyboard. But luckily, we soon found a replacement.

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We selected a barbershop today and successfully got the permission.

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I had a separate meeting with production design today, because of the suggestion Ioanna gave me in the last class. I need to adjust the art plan.
1. As for the overall scene layout, we decided to focus on the style of daily life.
2: Focus on Jimmy's house to highlight his poor life.
3: Take a look at the house our plan to shoot again, about the specifications of the light bulbs, and the specifications of the water pipes, prepare in advance.
4: As for the choice of clothing, try to avoid choosing fabrics with loud friction, to reduce the trouble of post-recording radio.
5: Double check on important items.

The production design will start from today to prepare the props in case the props are not ready when the shooting date approaches.

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Complete the first 6 scenes (Chinese Version)
I will change it to English later.
1. As for the first opening shot, I want the sound to appear before the picture. Then I will communicate with the sound design. If there is a good plan, I can adjust the first shot.
2: The design of transition, about the link between the second scene and the third scene. Since Jimmy is directly sitting at home here, I need to make some designs on the last shot of his last scene to make the transition more natural. I need to think again. If I have new ideas, I will immediately adjust them.

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We had a scene in our script where a water pipe explodes, which was always a big problem for us.
In the original script, the pipe explodes in the location of the sink, but we searched many sinks and the cabinet space underneath them was too small and the pipes were built in, which showed that we would have had difficulty achieving the effect in the script if we hadn't brought in a professional team to help us. I asked the producer for her opinion and she consolidated our current budget, which didn't support us hiring another team to help us achieve such an effect.
We thought about a number of things, such as putting a water gun in the cupboard or digging out a new hose to put in the cupboard, but nothing worked.
I thought about it as a whole and I wondered if we could make some changes to the script without affecting the dramatic effect. I talked to the scriptwriter and asked if we could move the scene where the pipe explodes to the bathroom. Firstly, the bathroom had more space and was easier for us to film, and secondly, the plumbing connecting the shower was external and we could do some work on the plumbing. The screenwriter approved of my idea.
After getting permission from the scriptwriter, I immediately purchased a new hose from Amazon, enlisted the help of a guy friend of mine (who had an electric drill press) and we put the hose through the drill press and hung it in the bathroom to check the results. We found that if we made smaller holes then the water pressure would be higher and this way the effect was more dramatic. If the holes were made large so that the water would run out of the pipes, the effect would not be ideal. I immediately told the production designer about this and she went and bought a lot of new plumbing and experimented many times before the shoot to make sure the plumbing worked as I had in mind.

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Today I learned some basic principles of editing. This is good for my storyboard creation, and how can I speed up the pace in the shooting process.
A few things to pay attention to：
1: When the characters are not moving and dialogue, do not randomly switch shots.
2: In the creation of the storyboard, we must let the audience clearly understand the spatial relationship of the characters.
3: Make sure the camera doesn't cross the axis at all times.
4: Maintain the unity of time and space.

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I finished the first version of the storyboard, and based on the storyboard, I expect the lines on the script to change a little bit.
We have made an appointment to explore the shooting site again on 22nd. I will try one by one with this storyboard and photography, and then find out the unreasonable places to modify again.

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Today, my team and I revisited the shooting site. Because we need multiple people to come and discuss the shooting plan together, and finally decide whether to use the scene. With me today is the producer, production design, sound mixer, gaffer, DOP, camera operator.
We communicated with each other about the art scheme, lighting scheme and photography scheme. Members of each group work on new creations within the venue.
At the same time, I took the storyboard I finished and shot it one by one with my mobile phone. In this way, other team members can know what I need to shoot in advance and make plans for it. I hope that by shooting in advance, we can improve our efficiency when the actual shooting date arrives.
（Due to the file size limitations here, I can't put the document here. I will provide the link in my portfolio later）

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The day before yesterday, I went to see our shooting site again with the photography group, lighting group and art group.
We finished a picture of Ellie's house from the storyboard.

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Very, very sad news. We selected a house on Airbnb last month. Two days ago, the host suddenly told us that he had rented the house out and could not provide us with filming.
We had to look for a new house again, and we looked on Airbnb for a long time, but we couldn't find anything. In the end, we chose a friend's house, which was suitable for filming.
But I needed to make some changes to the original storyboard because the house was constructed differently.
This is the floor plan of the house that my DOP took for me. I will modify the storyboard based on this.

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This is the current moodboard, although I haven't found the picture that fully meets my expectation. However, my idea is to focus on indoor natural light, and try to restore the scene to the natural and real appearance.

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Comedy is a very important element in our films, and to be able to direct the performances better, I flipped through a lot of sitcoms, stage plays and plays, and I found this form more difficult for comedians than for film actors. I find some of their characteristics in them as a way to assist me in adding comedy to the actors in my films.
The technique I found in this drama to accentuate the comic effect was to amplify all the reactions and actions and convey the comic effect through the exaggerated facial expressions of the actors. Also, the comedic effect can be aided by the tone of speech, where the actors need to adapt a self-contained humorous accent.

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Today we invited the two main actors to a rehearsal.
The goal is to let the actors get into the character state in advance, and at the same time I will adjust my storyboard appropriately according to their performance rhythm.
Two problems were found: first, the actor who played Jimmy was a little uncomfortable when he was intimate with the actress. Second, they are better at free play.
In this case, first of all, I want to reduce the camera movement of the two people in the act and let them naturally play the whole scene. Then according to the actor's situation, I have to adjust some lines in the script to make him more natural.

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Because ioanna has been emphasizing my film genre to me. It made me think about what kind of style I should be shooting. I know Woody Allen is very good at making romantic comedies. So I tracked down some of its new films from the last few years.
I have a deeper understanding of what style our current script should be presented in. I also listed this film in my reference films, and told my team members that I hope everyone can be close to the style of romantic comedy when creating.

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08.03.2023 A meeting with the camera crew

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08.03.2023 A meeting with the camera crew

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Now the shooting date is approaching, my storyboard has been created, and the Gaffer and DOP have been to the house to shoot in advance to explore the site. So today I have a meeting with the camera crew to discuss the equipment we need to use and the shooting plan.
I documented the photos of the scene and the list of lights Gaffer gave me in advance, as shown above. A tricky problem arose because our houses are large and there are many Windows. If we wanted to ensure that every window could get light in, our lighting equipment was far from enough.
The final result of the discussion is that we need to rent an additional 600X and a CRLS Cine Reflector Set from outside the school. This was Gaffer's suggestion, and he told me that if we had this reflector, we could have an extra light on site.
I talked to my producer about this and the producer told me that she could manage our budget, so she agreed to add these two devices.

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The time to shoot was getting tight, but we didn't find the perfume shop (scene 6 in the script). The producer and I were looking for perfume shops two months in advance. However, several perfume shops were very slow to respond and rejected us close to the date.
In my personal concept, the scene as a montage combination should not be less than three, otherwise it cannot constitute a complete action unit. We've already agreed on the suit shop and the barber shop, and I don't think there's any point in the first two shops without the third one.
So I contacted the writer and discussed the solution with him. The writers agreed to change the scene while keeping the third store. He thought we could change it to a flower shop, which would do the same thing as a perfume shop.
So today I went to this flower shop with the producer to ask if we could film. We didn't wait for a positive answer. The florist asked us to contact her by email. All we can do is pray for a miracle.

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It was getting close to the start date and things were starting to get busy in all departments and I was starting to get a little nervous. As we were the last crew to shoot, I had heard about some unexpected situations that had happened to previous crews, where they had encountered unexpected situations on set that had caused them to not finish the shoot as planned.
For our script, if I had some plot missing in the middle, the story would have been completely disconnected, which would have been devastating for us. So I had to reduce the likelihood of this happening.
I reprinted a copy of my finished storyboard, got some markers and I marked down the most important few shots for each scene. Because there were times when I would write a few more camera positions in the storyboard to take into account the editing, but this had to be done only if we had sufficient shooting time. The shots that I mark will be evaluated during the shoot and if the day goes well, I will go ahead with the original plan. If it starts off badly, for example, due to weather, due to equipment, then I will give priority to the shots I have marked so that I can make sure that my story is complete, not necessarily artistically, but it is at least complete.

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14.03.2023 About the art group emergency

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14.03.2023 About the art group emergency

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We learned a very bad news this evening that our production design was ill in hospital. She called my producer and told her that her last crew had been shooting outside and had given her a bad cold and gastroenteritis. So she must not have been able to make it to our set.
This was very bad for us because Production Design did not inform the Art Director of her art proposal, which resulted in no one really knowing what her art proposal was going to do except for her.
The art props that Production Design bought were delivered to me and the producer's house, so someone had to take over the props. Luckily, one of our roommates, Year2, said she'd be happy to help us with the art.
With the approval of production design, she informed our roommate of her art plan by phone and entrusted her to take over all our props.

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It was the day before our shoot, and I had a group meeting with the whole crew.
The meeting discussed the schedule of the entire shooting cycle, the daily departure and return arrangement of personnel, the safety issues and damage problems that each crew member should pay attention to on the shooting site.
Also, I double-checked the camera equipment and art props in case they forgot. And confirmed with the photography team again the storyboard to shoot tomorrow.

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Today was the first day of filming and I was nervous because I knew our team couldn't afford to make any mistakes for the rest of the day.
What made me most nervous was the set up as our production designer was not on set and only my Y2 housemate was helping out. I only found out the day before the shoot that the production designer didn't have all the original art package she needed. This was crucial as the original location was a white wall which was not visually appealing and my housemate and I urgently found a stack of newspapers from our own home. (As I was previously worried that the production design wouldn't fill that white wall, I left myself with a plan B, which was to go to the train station every day and get a free newspaper, why couldn't we get it all at once as I was worried that the pattern would be the same on the day and we would have a duplicate on the wall) We then used these newspapers to fill the whole white wall, including the table, as shown in the picture above.
Then there was the issue of the camera crew, as the venue was small so they had no way to move the camera significantly, luckily I was aware of this crisis beforehand so I made all the scenes on the storyboard into medium or close ups. There were some delays in the team because of the unskilled cameras, but all in all the shoot went smoothly.

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There was no room for me in the living room because we were shooting a large area, so I spent the whole day in the toilet.

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Because there was a single shot of jimmy, our camera operator had to sit on a table and he hit his head several times.

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We finished shooting in the time we had planned this afternoon. I am so busy these days that I have no spare time to update my notes. In the future, I will elaborate on all the details of my shooting when I finish my portfolio.
But two questions remain. The first one was due to the weather. Both of our two attempts to shoot on location were met with rainy weather, which made it impossible for us to finish the content of the second scene. The second problem is that we still haven't found the right perfume shop or flower shop. We had emails asking about all the suitable shops we found before and during the shoot. Unfortunately, we didn't have any chance to shoot because we were on Mother's Day and all the stores were busy with the celebrations.
We have to shoot again. The producer and I will discuss this matter with all the team members in the afternoon of 23rd. There wasn't much left to shoot, so everyone agreed. In the next few days, I'm going to London with the producer to find the perfume shop we need again.

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Today we reached the last day of shooting the film and our whole team has spent seven days together. (The photo above is a group shot we took on the evening of the 22nd) I am very grateful to the team for their constant support and companionship, without them I would not have been able to complete the film on my own. Although we went through a lot of difficulties and there were things I wasn't happy with, it was a very valuable experience and I was able to learn more about what I could improve on and what mistakes I could avoid in the future. I am very grateful to everyone.

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We came to London with a lot of trepidation because I knew it was going to be much harder in London than in Surrey. We looked at four perfume shops, and without exception, they would only give us an email, and I was very clear that this did not mean they were willing to let us film.
This is the fifth perfume shop we've been looking for, far from downtown. We had a look against hope. It was time to get off work and the store was closed. But we kept waiting, and after about an hour, the store manager came out and opened the door. We told him our request, and he felt touched that we had waited so long that he agreed to our request.

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We set up the shoot after Easter, during which time I was looking for the streets I was happy with. This was a street I found near my house, and I immediately contacted the producer, who helped me get permission to shoot from the film office here.

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Because the editing was not on site, he did not know about our shooting. So I need to find all the available videos in advance and give him to the clip for the next step.
At the same time, I handed over all the problems of the scene shooting to the editor, so that he could understand the technical problems in editing.