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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. 

 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

 Hi everyone! Welcome to my seventh production blog. In todays blog the objective will be checking our location. Last blog I discussed certain disputes about location. The only locations we were able to finalize was filming in Laura’s bed room, Jasmine’s bedroom and Wolf Lake Park in Davie. Now last blog I failed to consider our schedules so now we have to re-work our film locations. I realized that I’m laughably the only one of the group who is unemployed. Laura and Jasmine work on Mondays, Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays. Elijah works from Friday to Monday. This all works out leaving us Tuesday - Thursday to film. Now working around extracurriculars is another obstacle. Laura, Jasmine, and I are all in Model United Nations, a club that meets on Wednesday which was also a designated filming day. Now this realization lead me to reconsider some past choices. A key location needed for the plot is an ice cream/frozen yogurt shop. The shop works as the location where Jasmine find out her b

 Hi everyone! Welcome to my sixth production blog. Honestly, school and life are getting incredibly hectic and i’m getting a little restless with this film. I know I have time so I plan to be a little lenient with timing, yet disciplined enough to meet my deadline. Today’s blog I will be doing a location check. So far with my film I’m about 80% okay and 20% mildly panicked. As far as scripts, promo, and filming time but, location is where I fall short. The issue with my team is that we all live such considerable distances and have such busy schedules. As far as living goes, the distance already stresses me. The only common ground we have is Fort Lauderdale High. Ironically, the only location we have in common is the one location we aren’t allowed to film at. Laura and I are the only ones with proximity to each other. Laura and I both live in Davie which is good for us. However Jasmine and Elijah also have a location difference since Elijah lives in Lauderhill and Jasmine lives in Marga

 Hi everyone! Welcome to my fifth production blog! The objective of today’s blog is a continuation of my casting issue.  Last blog I spoke about an incident dealing with my casting. This was upsetting at first since I really needed to get actual film production started. After searching the entire Fort Lauderdale High, I wasn’t really successful which I honestly expected. Throughout searching, I kept finding that boys thought the movie was “girly” or they apparently didn’t have the time. Another factor I think contributed to the lack of boys participating is because I have a kissing scene in the film. Of course I will abide by what is appropriate for the this film with nothing explicit done. However, the scene will simply be something quick and simple, more like a pop kiss and less like a french kiss lol. Now I want to note, this doesn’t mean that Laura and Jasmine aren’t beautiful, but I understand the shock and now wanting to kiss a stranger. So after spending two days searching for a

 Hi everyone! welcome to my fourth production blog! While the filmmaking process may be fun, smooth sailing is not a word I would use to speak on the topic. Sometimes it is important to remember that although we get so invested into these films, they are not real life. Sometimes real life events happen that may interfere with things. With that being said, my casting has ran into a conflict of interest due to a private conflict between Laura and Joseph. Due to the level of friendship and respect I have for both of them, the executive decision to remove Joseph from the cast has been made. It's also important to consider that comfortability is everything with the actors to have a quality film which helps me feel better about the circumstances.  Despite this hiccup in production the show must go on. But honestly, as a junior in high school with SAT season approaching and many more events we need to act fast. My school, Fort Lauderdale High is putting on a production of Matilda, so I ho

 Hi everyone! Welcome to my third production blog. Today's blog is all about promotion. One component of the short film process is to release promotion on the film. Typical film promotion consists of advertisements, commercials, items or products to boost sales (synergy and cross media convergence). However, to effectively promote a movie in 2023, using modern conventions is key. Social media platforms such as Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and Youtube are all effective and modern ways to put something out to the world. I decided that as of right now Instagram will be the main mechanism used to promote the film. I feel as though Instagram is easy to use and access and is the most common app used by young people therefore generating the most attraction.  So far for the instagram page for our film, I've only generated a user name and a biography to explain what the page and film are. Eventually I plan on filling the page up with various posts to mimic a real life film page. I have

 HI everyone! Welcome to my second production blog. Today, the objective is to talk about the research I did on various films to pick up elements to remember in my film. My film is a drama about two teenage girls who find out their boyfriend is cheating on them, hence the title name, "Our Boyfriend." Jasmine is a shy, feminine, and nerdy girl who has been dating her boyfriend Joseph for 9 months. Their relationship has been filled with love and trust, basically perfect until one day, Jasmine discovers Joseph is dating another girl, Laura; Laura is an edgy, dark feminine girl, the total opposite of Jasmine. Once Jasmine discovers her boyfriend's infidelity, she takes it upon herself to contact Laura leading the two to team up and confront Joseph. I want my film to be the ultimate drama "chick flick," my vision stems from a good Lifetime movie. My target audience is teenage girls so I want to create a movie that grasps that attention. In order to capture the perfe

 For the past couple days, I decided to take a break from my short film to take care of school work and rest. While the break was fun, it's time to get back to work. Last blog I discussed how my film had to undergo a massive plot change. After a moment of panic, I was luckily able to get my actors on board. Despite successfully producing a story board with a well thought out plot, all of that was in a whim and I have yet to redo my plan for everything, location, script, safety plan, and backup plan so that's what will be discussed in this blog! Actors: Laura Alcala, Jasmine Megnauth, Joseph Aguasviva Locations: Laura Alcala's house - Davie, FL, Wolf Lake Park - Davie, FL, Menchie's - Davie, FL Backup Locations: Richardson Park and Nature Preserve - Wilton Manors, FL, Wilton Creamery - Wilton Manors, FL As for my script, I am the most panicked about that since I have less time to get everything done but I am faithful everything will work out perfectly. For the sake of ti

 Hey everyone! After some careful consideration with my production crew, a plot change has gone underway! The genre remains yet the story line has a more realistic and time appropriate set. The film will be titled “Our Boyfriend.” The film will star Laura and Jasmine, while innocently going out, Jasmine goes on to find her boyfriend at a frozen yogurt shop south another girl. While in an impulsive rage, Jasmine reaches out to the girl, Laura, and they meet up to team up to take joseph down and confront him! Here’s the story board