Hello readers! Today I would have began with the process of editing for my film, but a number of issues have sprung up since Friday that have complicated most of what me and my friends had planned for filming. Today, I will be telling you what exactly has happened and what me and my friends have come up with to salvage what time we have left in these last two weeks.
In other news, I will be slightly improving the structure of my posts so that sections are now more visually categorized!
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Availability
On the morning of last Friday before school, I messaged my group asking if they were all ready for filming later in the day, just to know beforehand if we would have to end up going on the 13th (this Friday). Lo and behold, Zach (who will play the mayor) had last-minute plans that evening, so filming that night had to be a no-go.
I personally did not want to wait another week just to make more progress with my brief, so I contacted another one of my close friends who was not aware of the project. Thankfully they were on board, and after quickly getting them in on the loop (on what they had to wear, the plot, and their character), I contacted Templar (the officer) and Chase (the antagonist) that filming was back on for that day. Before this, I made sure to tell them that I would be finding a replacement for Zach, just so that they are aware of the possibility of still going out to film.
It was when I contacted Templar where I learned that HE could not go, despite finding a replacement for Zach. Considering it was already close to 5:00 when I contacted Templar, I did not want to rope in another friend out of the blue, meaning I had to call off filming for the day and resort to this Friday to get it done.
My Job
I was thankful that at least me and the original group set up the back-up date for this week, meaning we would not have to be scrambling for a new date last-minute. Unfortunately, things would not stay the same until I got a notification from work saying that I would be working that Friday night. Great, now I am the one not available the night everyone else is (considering they had almost a whole two weeks of anticipation).
This set-back was detrimental to entire planning process me and my friends had for the brief, as it was important for us to consider that half of us go to a completely separate county from the rest, meaning the Friday me and Templar have off this week, as well as all of next week for Spring Break, will just be regular weeks for Zach and Chase.
Compromise
The night after I found out about my surprise shift for this Friday, I got on call with Zach and Chase (Templar still was not available) and had to think of a last minute date in which we can squeeze time during the night to finally get filming done.
Most weekend nights I am at work until 10, and Sundays are school nights for most of us, so I did not want to keep us up until very late for those days. Thankfully, I only work until 7:30 this Saturday, and Zach and Chase were fine with going later at night, saying how going to the Cultural Center at night was "better, anyways".
Backup
Earlier today I spoke with Templar about our change in plans, and he told me that he may be doing things that once again complicate his availability this weekend, which is unfortunate considering he was behind most of the wardrobe change for the cop, and having to have is work undone and have to wait for yet another package would not be enjoyable on my end.
From here, I plan to discuss with him more about anything we can do to ensure he is available Saturday. I plan to ask for all the props and clothing he said he would bring during our initial meeting in case he still cannot come to give to the backup I initially contacted to replace Zach.
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This past weekend was a lot for me. I really want to avoid a time crunch, as I still have to edit the film (and make posts about the process) by the end of next week and then only have a little bit of time before CCR's are due early next month. These setbacks have really opened my eyes to consider more back-up plans in case Saturday's plan still do not go according to plan. Considering that night is practically the last chance we have of filming as a group, I may have to sub in for somebody if something like last Friday happens again.
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For now I will keep you up on anything that happens between now and Saturday. Thanks for reading!
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