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Critical Reflection

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            The key audience and social group I intended my film to touch the most were teenage girls. As a fellow teenage girl, there are experiences that are a direct product of the "teenage girl experience," and I wanted to curate my film to primarily represent that group through the key conflict of infidelity. The film I made is called Our Boyfriend to represent the love triangle rooted in infidelity between Laura, Jasmine, and Joseph. The dynamic showcases a girl who is madly in love with her boyfriend, Joseph; their love is a reflection of typical high school "first loves," who are naive to challenges such as infidelity. Laura one day finds out her boyfriend, whom she loved so much, was cheating on her with Jasmine. This circumstance turns Laura cold. She is determined to team up with Jasmine to make sure Joseph is aware of the pain he has brought upon her. Many teenage girls, myself included, have gone through the heart-wrenching "first heartbreak."

Short Film Package for Our Boyfriend the Film

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Another Hiccup

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 Hi everyone! Welcome to my twelfth production blog. While things were going smoothly. Of course there was another hiccup. The big cheating scene I raved about completing, of course it was incorrect. Of the many errors in the scene I would accept such as noise in the background or people moving too much, I made the worst and most simple mistake. I shot the video vertically. honestly this has made me quite upset. As much fun as this film was, I am honestly so ready to move on from it. I love AICE Media and it’s been a fun two years taking the course but my oh my this film has been very consuming. Since today is Friday, I do have to wait almost a week to continue filming. Due to scheduling the only days designated to film were Tuesdays through Thursdays. Hopefully Elijah, Jasmine, and Laura can all make it. But it’ll all be okay. One thing I am reassuring myself of is that spring break is near so I’ll be able to utilize more than 3 hours 3 days a week to get things moving. Honestly, my b

Almost There

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 Hi everyone! Welcome to my 11th production blog. Finally almost there! So far, I would call this film journey fun, eventual, and mildly torturous. The main scenes needed for this film are the cheating scene, the park scene, the pre breakup scene, and the break up scene. Due to location issues, scenes that took place in Laura and Jasmine’s bedroom were done a little unconventional but in the end, the worked out. The scenes before the breakup scene, what i call the pre breakup scene, were filmed by Laura and Jasmine independently. Now, i think it’s appropriate for me to reveal the breakup scene. As discussed a few blogs back, I needed an element of chick flick drama. Since the film is a drama, I needed a dramatic confrontation/breakup scene to top it all off. The break up scene involves both Jasmine and Laura asking Elijah out to a dinner date. With both girls being so persuasive, Elijah ultimately agrees to two back to back dates. The plan is for Elijah to arrive at the restaurant with

Back on Track

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 Hi everyone! Welcome to my tenth production blog. In this blog, i’ll be discussing getting back on track. Unfortunately, so far I’ve only filmed one scene, the Wilton Creamery Scene. Although I wish I was further, it’s okay, I know that I can still get the remaining scenes in enough time. The park scene is what we worked on today. Honestly, filming this scene made me so upset to film. There was so much noise working around us and honestly it was so irritating. While it was annoying, it would be ignorant for me to spend time complaining. The park is a public place where any and everyone is allowed to be, and i must abide by social manners. However, during the filming, there was a playgroup of young children playing eat we were seated. Of course the park is huge, but for the magnitude of the scene, I wanted some structure so it’s not just an empty scene. The scene  we were filming was a scene with just Jasmine and Lauren. After Jasmine finds out she’s being cheated on, she goes home and

Production Blog 9 - SAT Troubles

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 Hi everyone! Welcome to my ninth production blog. Luckily I was able to get started on filming which was my main priority. I’m a little behind schedule and that really threw me off. While I did have a handle on everything by beginning filming, I got a little thrown off again. I’m a junior in high school and although standardized tests are what I’m used to right now, it’s time for the dreaded SAT. Once again, another road block from completing my film. As much as I would love to continue filming, under these circumstances I can’t. The SAT isn’t just any test. This is the test that helps me get into college and possible determine a large portion of my life. As I have been doing for a week now, the SAT is in 4 days so i pretty much have to take a small hiatus from filming and study. I have just realized still have about a month until my package has to be turned in which is okay. I trust that once SAT season is over, I will get right back on track. 

Filming Time

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 Hi everyone! Welcome to my eighth production blog. So far throughout the film so much is gone on. From recasting actors, to tone of location changes, to work schedules, my actors and I have remained settled. We have now reached filming, we only had one day so we decided to film the opening scene at Wilton Creamery. The scene is the ice cream shop is the scene where Jasmine finds out her boyfriend Elijah is cheating on her with Laura. Jasmine is supposed to be going on a date with elijah. Elijah then suddenly cancels on Jasmine, she’s then upset for a little but goes on with her day. Jasmine a little bummed still wants to get ice cream, so she goes to Wilton Creamery anyway. Upon walking to Wilton Creamery, Jasmine sees Elijah in the window eating ice cream with Laura. Upon seeing this infidelity, Jasmine is taken aback and runs around the corner in shock crying. This scene is also where the kissing scene between Laura and Elijah. Now as much as I love my them, but we had to shoot this