Swede a Scene (4.5/5 stars) (Plus Extra Credit please? :))

Old Biddy Productions decided to get together and swede a few scenes from Season 4.  We sweded scenes from Episode 5 and Episode 6.  We first chatted a few times and tossed ideas around on google docs.  We decided that the scenes that we did were going to be the most entertaining and challenging.  Kisha extracted the video scenes from the episodes and sent them to Desa and I.  Desa and I worked on finding the scripts and printing them out so that we could learn our lines.  We also incorporated plastic Army men and Gizmo in gremlin form to help us. (they all willingly agreed.)

We met up early in the morning at the Fredericksburg bus station. Everyone of course stared at us as if we were insane I might add.  We filmed the camera scene outside with the wall that they have there.  There were so many things to be aware of such as the sunlight, shadows, the scene details, as well as wind.  When you are working with Army men, they can get blown over.

Our next scene was the courtyard scene.  We filmed this scene with special awareness of the background noises and the background itself.  We decided to use the courtyard in the bus station with walls behind the scene and we loved the “sprinkler room” door. lol.  Kisha found a jacket exactly like Marlo’s and she dressed like Chris.  After this scene, we filmed in my Expedition.  We wanted to use the same angles that were used in the original scene as the woman is reading Marlo’s lips.  It also helped eliminate background street noise by being in the car.

The final scene involved patience.  We filmed this inside the bus station so we had to wait until it was empty and quiet.  The Greyhound person didn’t care that we filmed there as long as he didn’t have to be in it.  Kisha borrowed a dashiki from her mother to wear while we filmed the scene in which Marlo gets arrested.  Part of the scene when I talk to “Herc” which was played by Gremlin Gizmo, we had to film outside again.  There was to much noise inside the station to film.  We moved back inside after most of the people had left.  All of the filming we did ourselves using either an iPhone or an iPad.  This made is easy to mesh all of the scenes together and to add titles, credits, etc. in iMovie.  Desa worked on pulling it all together and meshing our scenes with the filmed scenes.  She did an excellent job.  She even designed “Old Biddy Productions” label while we ate lunch.  It was a long day filming but it is incredible how well the three of us work together as a team to get projects done.  Old Biddies know how to knock it out of the park.   I hope you enjoy our swede.  We’ve been waiting for HBO to call.  Still no call yet…

 

Old Biddy Productions:

Kisha Mahone,  Desa Stone,  and  Melinda Albrycht.