Working on the set of As Though Lost was one of my favorite experiences throughout my eCommunication career. I worked as the location manager, and honestly when I was assigned that position I wasn't sure if it was right for me. As time went on I found that it was actually really fun getting to decide where certain scenes would be filmed at. Being the location manager I felt extremely involved in the production of the film, because I was helping decide what the tone of the film would be. I personally believe that the locations chosen to film at greatly impact how the audience feels about what they are watching. Additionally, I believe that lighting goes hand in hand with tone as well.
As Though Lost was the first big short film that I have ever done, and I definitely learned a lot. When it comes to being location manager you have to get permission to film at all locations, you need to know where you can and cannot park, you also need to know how to get to those locations, and you need to know where the nearest stores are in case someone on the crew needs something. I think that I did a good job choosing locations, but if I'm being honest most of the getting permission and knowing how to get there was done by Mrs. Morris, so I owe a lot to her for helping me with my job. If I were to have this job again I think that I could definitely improve by doing more research on each location I would like to film at. There were a couple instances with As Though Lost where I had the wrong address or where I needed to have verified that we could for sure film at a particular location. In the future if I am ever hired for this job again I hope to not run into those issues again, and to do a bit more research on each location in order to ensure that the tone of the short film is presented well through each and every location.
You can watch as though lost here: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=C8nCEIiazpA
