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Film, Edit, Film!

 In one of my previous blogs, I mentioned that we weren't exactly happy with how the shots were coming out. I spent today working with Anya and Angel to see exactly which scenes needed to be redone. Once I had a complete list, I started going through what we had filmed already. I looked to see what exactly it was that needed to improve or change. From this, I made a list of each scene and what needed to be changed. I also took note of what we liked from the scenes. Most of the shots were really good composition-wise. The issues were mostly with our acting at first before we got comfortable. Acting was a bit scary at first. Once I learned my lines and did a couple of rough takes, everything started to natural. A little funny thing about it was that I started to feel like Jackie herself. I don't go through exactly the same issues as the character, but it was cool to take on that persona. We split up the scenes that needed to be redone into two days. Tomorrow after school we will do half of the scenes, with the other half being done on Saturday. Working on getting dates where everyone will be available is a bit of an issue. Anya has sports practice, Angel has a job, and I have endless amounts of homework to do. Thankfully, we have these two days that we do. Editing will continue between them as well.


This is a shot from one of the scenes that we have to refilm. However, the still looks cool and we will be using the same composition for when we redo it.


Until next time, Danniella Miller signing off,

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