Reviewing Our Progress

 Now that Macy is back from traveling, we can get to work. We started by showing her the popcorn scene we filmed, to see if she liked it. She didn't have any notes, but we realized one problem. Since we are filming the rest at Macy's house, the layouts will be different and might not blend well. This just means we might have to re-film when we do the rest of the short film. It is good to have already though incase we run out of time. 

With everyone back and staying we finally properly lined up our calendars to film. Noura and I realized that we can film after school now, which we couldn't do before. This is because lacrosse season is over, which means no practice everyday. This freed up our schedules immensely, and took away some stress over when to film. We still have the problem of needing it to be dark for a scene, but it shouldn't be too much of an issue since it is only one scene. We will just have to film that scene last. This feels weird to do since it is the opening scene, but that's just what has to happen. 

With most of this figured out there is not much else to do but wait. We plan to film next week. The last lacrosse game is on Monday though, so it has to be after that. This leaves Wednesday and Friday as the best days to film. This is because macy has band rehearsal on Tuesdays. Thursday would work too because we get out of school early, giving us extra time. We're officially on track to start filming next week!




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