Filming Blog: Kitchen Scenes


We decided to film things out of order because that’s how it would work best. In order to know what scene went where, I asked someone to hold up fingers to indicate which scene we were in. I hope that when I edit later, it will be easy to find each scene. I also planned to leave a little video at the end of each scene so that I could edit more easily.

We actually started with the first scene, which was my brother and my mother talking at the kitchen counter. We had to do a few takes because I accidentally stopped it too early. Then my dad was done making his breakfast, so we switched to the scene where I take his breakfast. When my dad turned to get a glass for juice, I stole his breakfast. We got a little confused about what was supposed to happen here, so we had to stop and do a retake. This time when my dad turned back, he and my brother improvised. They did a great job arguing over what happened to my breakfast. This went on longer than I had scripted, but I really liked what they were saying, so I continued to hold my dad’s plate. Then I snuck in and returned it and they kept the banter going.

Then we went on to film the scene where I pour chocolate syrup on my brother’s bagel. My brother and my dad did some more improvisation for this scene. My brother accused my dad of getting revenge for his plate being taken. It was pretty funny so I just let them keep going.

Then we reviewed all of the scenes we had shot so far. We decided things looked good. Because of the improvisation, there were a few things that I would need to update in the script before we could finish up.

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