The Elevator

Good morning my lovely readers, yesterday was the conclusion of filming for the movie. After filming 5 scenes over four different days, filming is done. I enjoyed the process of filming, but I'm sad to no longer be able to do it. The scene filmed was part of the first scene, the elevator part. This is the scene where Sam and Riley first interact. Sam just makes it on the elevator, then she notices the poster about the treasure hunt. She mentions it to Riley and asks Riley to join her on the treasure hunt. Of course Riley said yes and the treasure hunt commences. The elevator was definitely my favorite scene to film because it's where the story starts. The garage is like the prologue of a broadway show, but the elevator was the first actual song. Excuse my metaphor, but I wanted to convey how the elevator is the true start to the movie. Ashleigh, Britanique, and I filmed in the closest elevator that I found. Well, it was actually two different elevators. Back at the parking garage, it was very busy so occupying an elevator to film the scene would have been very difficult and selfish. So, the elevator shots got saved for later. Since the parking garage was concrete, Sam needed to enter an elevator with concrete. So, the first elevator had concrete. However, the interior of that elevator wasn't ideal so a second elevator was needed. This elevator worked out nicely and it was quite big. But, there was a slight problem. Riley already has the elevator button pushed when Sam gets on and this elevator only had two floors. Basically, the scene needed to be cut into separate shots because there wasn't enough time to get all the lines in. It ended up working out nicely, and I loved filming the scene.