Okay, so I am little less worried at this point in time than I was last week. I came down with pneumonia last weekend, and have been totally destroyed and drained all week long. Thankfully, I got the footage for the first commercial shot this weekend, I am shooting the second commercial at 2pm today, and I am still awaiting on a list of donors, community activists, and parents to film this week for the fund raising video.
The shoot this week was infuriating. Honestly, I really, really wish I would have had access to professional actors, because relying on friends, family, and random people from Cardinal Filmworks SUCKED! A lot of responses (45+) via email, but when it came down to the day to shoot, only 5 people showed up, and one of them was Mary. The child actor she brought with was great! She learned a very difficult line in under an hour, and was really pretty comfortable in front of the camera....which is more than I can say for my brother's fiancee, who blubbed her line about 30 times before getting it. *Sigh* Oh, and there were no umbrellas in the light kits (plural, thats right), so I had to film it with natural lighting because the full power Lowell kits they gave me were WAY too bright, and made everything look really fake and staged, even when placed a good 25 feet from the area I was shooting.
Anyway, long story short, I am on the way to finishing up everything else. Jim has been amazingly helpful all semester, and I am sure that he will have no trouble finding a job when he graduates. Pretty much, him being in the group was the only thing that kept me from just saying 'Eff it all.' and dropping the class. Anyway, 2nd project is coming up, and should be a LOT of fun, especially if I can get all the producers on board that can help w/ actors, props, clothing, locations, and scripting. I can't wait to get started on this new one!!!
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