Technical Difficulties

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So we were all set to film our movie last week, we meet on Tuesday to learn that both batteries are dead and that we can't even record because we don't have a cassette to record on. Basically it was a disappointing day! Then we sat down for a while and realized that we can organize things and figure out a few things which were never confirmed plans. In a way, it was a blessing in disguise. We basically figured out our sites that we will shoot at, which was already decided, but I think we came up with better ideas! Then the next day was when we thought we should just rehearse a scene (our hardest scene to be specific). It was great, because at first we were never even sure how it was going to look in room, but we decided/tried a new location, and it actually looks/will work out better than before.

I was really happy to see both Eric and Donna in class last time. Class before that, everything seemed to be really scattered, it was relieving to know there was someone there who is going to take care of all of the camera issues. The entire set-up seemed to be crumbled, but last Thursday it felt like everything was gradually coming back together! We finally got a cassette and were allotted more time to gather our footage. We basically made the same plan of just filming on Tuesday and Wednesday, since that seemed to work-out last time we were going to film.

I also really like my group/team! We never fail to come up with another new brilliant idea! We have these few random scenes that our group likes to call suicide scenes, and instead of making the camera angles look wild, we agreed to having these scenes look like home videos. It will just make those scenes look even crazier.

I'm no longer nervous about filming, I think I'm at the point to where I just want to film already. It's not overwhelming any longer because we practically rehearsed with the camera on, just not recording anything, so we've had the half experience of shooting a film. Later the element of sound and watching what just happened will be added.

Editing the movie shall be interesting. First of all, I think we only have about two or three weeks to edit, and six groups, and we need a supervisor there! Its going to be another tough thing in trying to play around your schedule and get a good time to edit. At this point, it will be important to know what you want your movie to look like! For our movie (experimental), I think editing is going to play a major role for all of those moments of footage that look normal. Our intention is to make our movie as crazy as possible!