Production Time 2/2

I faced a number of problems on our second day, especially when it came to capturing the crucial penultimate move. The original idea was to get a close-up of the chessboard with the piece being moved by one of the players. The members of my group, however, argued that an extreme close-up would highlight the important moment more. After considerable thought, we chose a close-up that struck a balance between the significance of the composition and the emotional effect of Max's anxious hand gestures.

Another issue I felt was important to note was the different weather on our second day, it was more cloudy than the first day. It was something out of my control but thankfully it shouldn't impact much at the end of the film as we tried to add shadows (mainly from the tree) to create a more tense setting.

The tracking shot's filming presented yet another significant obstacle. Although our original plan was to have an effortless tracking shot of the red player getting up to leave the table, we soon found that this strategy didn't have the effect we wanted. We chose to put the thief in the picture to highlight the pursuit and provide a sense of urgency, making the action more dynamic and tense. However, as we wanted to capture the actors in motion without any odd cuts, this called for exact timing and synchronization between them. Which was quite challenging for me as they ran pretty fast, due to this we had to retake the scene a good amount of times which also delayed the final scene.

But we overcame these challenges and produced our desired cinematic impact by using careful preparation and innovative problem-solving.