Tuesday, June 28, 2011

Bogus Journey BEHIND THE SCENES!

Since I RARELY give my fans a BTS(Behind the Scenes) look at things here is a SPECIAL post for all my fans and friends!
                                               WARNING!
If you do not like to read LENGTHY blog posts then do not read and if you           don't want the special effects ruined do not read! 
On Location:The Basics.
It was about 2:30-4:30 when we actually started filming(after getting costumes,makeup,props and such ready)We began the scene where we throw "ourselves" off the cliff.Now I bet you're asking "how did you do that if you were supposed to be standing on top?"Here's what we did:
We found some old clothes that don't fit us anymore a beyblade t shirt and a pair of jean shorts,and some jeans and a black shirt for Cameron's dummy.We stuffed them with newspaper and wrapped up any openings with rubber bands about 2-3 hours prior to driving to the actual cliff.We did several takes in order to get a right effect this scene took us about 10 minutes to film.
Walking up the cliff:Length and time.
This scene probably took me and Cameron the LONGEST to film since we both had to switch clothes and put them on for split screen purposes.I first had to dress up in a black coat pretending to push Cameron up the cliff's incline,this took about 5 minutes.Then once we did 2 takes of this part it was Cameron's turn to dress up in a thick black TRENCH COAT.We spent 10 minutes on this since the coat was so heavy and the wind kept pushing our jackets away.I had to act like I was trying to kick my evil self who was actually not there physically.This took 2-3 takes so around 10 minutes each take.30 mins or so was spended rehearsing on each take TOTAL.
Bradley and Cameron are trying to save themselves:Imagination power.
This scene surprisingly didn't take that long since it was only about 10-40 seconds of dialogue in it.But the most difficult part was standing in the right place we frequently had to keep going back and forth to the camera to make sure it got us.Then came the part of acting like Cameron was there since we had to split screen not only the evil clones but ourselves since Evil Bradley was holding Cameron and Evil Cameron was holding Bradley in order to make editing easier.
THE SOUNDTRACK:Megadeth.
We had to pre render a track and record each other's lines via Skype I could record my lines but I had to call Cameron on Skype to get his.We used the song Megadeth since some of the plot is inspired by "Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey"we highered the pitch by one so that it wouldn't be that scary if anyone heard the song in parts we didn't voice over.
Sound effects:Woosh
We figured if Bradley and Cameron were actually FALLING from a great distance that you would hear a huge WOOSH when both passed by the camera.We then put the screaming of Bradley & Cameron on different audio channels.When I fall if you have earphones on correctly my voice will go to your left ear then Cameron's will go to your right ear.The same goes for the Woosh sound effects.
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