Editing: the sequel

 We editited today because I couldn’t edit yesterday, because it’s my sisters birthday, she’s turning 19. I saved nagual some cake it was chocolate cake with chocolate frosting. And we had to run around town to find her cake because it was Christmas Eve and most stores closed at 6pm. Me and nagual editied over zoom and she shared her screen with me so taht I could have input too. We figured out where to put the songs and which scenes the songs went best with. We also cut some clips in half and placed them in different places just to experiment. We also had to edit in my voice in to some scenes, which was pretty cool because I had to film the voiceovers over zoom. 

Editing: baking shows

 We finally started editing today, there wasn’t that much to edit since I only sent nagual the final ones not every single one we filmed. The only difficult pet for today was deciding which Billie eilish song we wanted to use and where we were going to put it. We were thinking that maybe we could just split it up into different parts of the movie. Or maybe we could use multiple songs, because there are a lot that would be good for our film, because Billie eilish makes really chill/slow mellow music. So she’s a good singer to have in a coming of age movie, especially since she is close to our age. While we were editing we watched new baking shows on Netflix, I love baking shows they’re just so cute watch and fun especially the ones with people who can’t really bake. And also before I forget merry Christmas!!

Filming: day 2 switcheroo

 We started filming, and decided to change a lot of stuff. Since it was like the middle of the night we couldn’t take the bus. So we decided to just film in my moms car because it was the only place available. Which does sort of change the narrative. We also decided to film my moms scenes with just her in the room, and me fill in with my voice later. We also changed some of the lines because some of them didn’t make sense in the places that they were. Our storyboard was extremely helpful but we did end up changing most of the camera angles because I couldn’t figure out how to get our phones to attach to the ceiling. We also had so many outtakes when me and micheka filmed our scenes and I literally used most of my storage.

Filming, back on track!

 So after the fiasco of my friends not being able to film, I had to think fast and find replacements. My moms friends daughter said she could help and so did my mom. Which was really good. I was originally going to try and play my mom. My friend can’t film today so she’s gonna come another day. But we’re gonna film my moms scenes today. We filmed them but we had to refilm a lot of times because we kept making her laugh. She also kept forgetting her lines, which I have no idea why because her lines were not that hard. My mom thinks she’s a good actress but she has proved otherwise. She also decided to do her hair and makeup and I was like ma’am it’s not that serious. But I guess she wanted to look good for her movie debut.

Filming fiasco

 So today me and nagual decided to start filming since we finally had all the supplies. Earlier we had decided to play the characters ourselves but we later decided to just our friends to do it, like we originally planned. So this morning I was was already to start filming like we had planned. And I asked my friends if they were still coming, and they all said no. None of them had asked their parents! So I was literally so angry. We had had this plan for so freaking long. They knew how important this was to me, because I kept telling them again and again. We literally spoke about it last night and they all said yeah. It just makes me so upset that they said they could come and they never even asked, because my time has just been wasted. I still have a few days to film but I wanted to get it done today so that it would be easier especially with more people.

Making a movie: shopping!!

 Hey guys! Okay so today I’m going to go shopping for props because I thought I had them but I don’t. All I really need is a box and tripod, and a necklace. My mom said I can use her tripod and I think I’m going to make matching bracelets for rose and Carmen. But I’m gonna use an old necklace as the one Carmen gives rose. I think I’m just going to buy a box from dollar tree, because they have this new thing called craft corner with a ton of arts and crafts stuff. They have a lot of little treasure chests/ jewelry boxes so I’m gonna use one of those and just paint it to look nice. Speaking of painting, I actually made a clay mushroom it’s not the best but it’s so cute. And it’s sitting on my dresser table right now, when I get more clay I’m going to make more. I haven’t worked with clay in so long and I didn’t realise how hard of a medium to work with, I definitely like paint and canvases more. 

Making a movie: decisions

 So, my partner, Nagual and I have made the executive decision to play the roles ourselves. Because we decided taht would be easier than getting more people together. Especially during a pandemic with Florida having a lot of cases. I was looking at the news today and I think taht LA has the most cases. I wish we would just go into a tier 4 look some countries are. Because there’s no reasons for schools and work to be open right now. It should only be grocery stores and even those shouldn’t really be open. I’ve also so many people complain about masks and honestly I find it crazy because everytime I look bad you can only see half my face, which I think is a win. I don’t know why so many people don’t like it. I just hope that when Joe Biden becomes president he shuts the country down, because we need to get rid of the virus like other countries have. I don’t think people should make this “the new normal” like 2,000,000 people dying in 8 months isn’t normal it’s sad.

Making a movie: song rights!

 I got my first response for song rights last week! I ended messaging Billie Eilishs manager and asked him if I could use some of her music. He was extremely polite and just asked if it would be for public or private use. I explained to him that it was a school film that would be posted online, but if he was still unsure I could send him the script. At first I was a little confused on what he meant by public or private, and whether or not our film fell under each category. So I emailed my teacher and he told me what to say. So I sent him what my teacher said and he still said it was fine. So that was really exciting!