Filming Blog

  This past weekend and week of February 15-20th I was unable to film due to prior commitments I had made and some important that came up. Thus weekend I had work Saturday and Sunday the only times where I had an opportunity to film. My movie takes place at night which was when I worked and by the time I had gotten out it was midnight and too late for me to be out.  I had also gotten sick that week which prohibited me from being able to go out very much. Instead of my filming I decided to continue planning my movie and making some changes/ rearrangements. I decided that I wanted to change some of the plot of my movie as I realized what I initially wanted to get done was going to be difficult considering my age and access to certain locations. I was still for certain of the one location near the Broward Public Library that I wanted to keep however I realized that my club scenes weren't going to work out. I called places where I thought could be adequate to film these scenes and was denied entry even thought it was for "educational" purposes. For this reason, with the extra time I had from not filming I came up with a different plan to the first half of my two minutes.

I haven't completely decided what exactly it is I'm going to do to make up such a big chuck of footage I have lost but am thinking I want to keep the same story just change the location. A group of friends still hanging out, splitting up, and then one getting kidnapped. I also have to idea to do something from the point of view of the kidnapper and what he sees before he attacks. This would go from him planning the attack to actually going through with it. To make these final decisions I wanted to consult with the people I plan on making my cast to see when they are available to film. I wanted to use my dad as the kidnapper as he is an older man and is also a good figure to have around in case something goes wrong. However, my dad travels for work very often so I need to ensure he will be here during he weekend when I need him to film. I also wanted to make sure that my friends were able to film as they all have jobs as well and one of them, which I want to star in my movie is doing this project as well and also needs her own time to film. I ultimately decided that id film some scenes that feature the kidnapper on one day where I know my father will be available. As well as scenes that include just my friends on times I know they are available. Then while I'm with each group figure out a good day for all of us to meet up and finish the few scenes that include everybody.

From explaining my background and information of this past week and analyzing the problems I have already encountered and those I may come to face I have realized a way in which I have to make up for lost time. Therefore I've decided that when I go to film individually with my cast I will film many different pieces and stories. I will film chunks that could go for a story focusing mainly on the girls. As well as film chunks that fit for a story that goes for a more kidnapper focused story.