Entry #24 Week Six Post One

Hey guys!

Shelby has been so sick ever since she came back from drama states, but she has still been talking to us about the project in the group chat. Reem and I have been meeting up together and planning out the day and then going out to film.

The first scene we had filmed, other than the previous establishing shots and cooking video we had filmed in the past, was one of the most important ones. It was the last scene of the film opening and it was everyone meeting their date that was set up by the system. Many of the people who came from drama states were sick, so they all had to cancel. Thankfully, we had a lot of volunteers that were willing to help us out!

The shoot took about four hours!

There were many actors:

Sebastian: playing Swain, the guy who was supposed to be set up with Emerald
Andres: playing Niall, the guy who was supposed to be set up with Zoe
Julie: playing the waitress that had mistakenly taken Swain and Zoe to the wrong table
Reem: playing Zoe, the girl who ends up being set up with Emerald
Sofia: playing Emerald, the main character

For us to find actors that were all available at the same exact time on a Friday night was very challenging! It had taught us a lot about the planning process. I was personally nervous going into the shoot even though we had all the main shots we wanted storyboarded. This was because we had to change the location of scene five since the restaurant we planned on filming at had given us a 45 limit to film. The one we ended up filming at, Primetime, had reserved the whole back of the restaurant for us to use, so a HUGE shout out to them!

Anyways, the shoot went well! I learned a lot about thinking on my feet for solving last minute problems and things we did not think about. I aim to be more efficient in such a shoot.