A Narrative Film

    
This was our first real attempt at a narrative film. Previously, our films have not had much going on in the way of plot, but we remedied that with this film. With this film, we wrote a more extensive script than we had before - our script totaled about three pages, in contrast to our other films, which have all been one at most. 
    We experimented with the lighting a lot in this film, which (at least I felt) worked to great effect. We also used a variety of camera angles and reshot each scene multiple times from different angles.
    The one thing I am not happy about is how after the first half, the film was entirely improvised, and we stopped using the script, but overall I am satisfied.

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