Let the Filming Commence!

     We officially starting filming as a group! On Thursday my group and I went to Macy's house afterschool. We had a limited amount of time so we had to film just a few scenes. But, we still made a huge chunk in our progress. Our film has a bunch of teenage girls at a sleepover in it. So, we decided to invite some of our friends over to create that environment. We invited over our friends Taylee and Sabrina! We told them to dress in pajamas so that it looked like we were at a sleepover.

    When everyone got to Macy's house, we began planning out which scenes we could film. We decided to finish filming the kitchen scene. But, we quickly realized that there was a slight problem in our production time. It was daytime and our film is set at night. So, we had to cover up all the light that was coming through the windows in the kitchen. We did this by making Taylee hold up a blanket to the windows so it looked like there was no light coming through!


Then, we filmed the microwave scene and the fridge scene. Macy was the main actor in all of the takes. I was the one filming. We all made sure to leave space and time gaps for the credit titles we plan on putting in certain places. We also jotted down the time marks that we want to put title cards in, to help when we edit.

Overall, we got a lot done and we still have next week to completely finish up and edit. 

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