Complications with School

Complications with School

I'll be honest. I haven't done anything in a few days, basically everyday since quarantine started. On Friday school for my whole district/county was cancelled, and it's recently been extended until April 15th. Coronavirus has basically taken the world by storm. The internet is exploding with COVID-19 memes, CEO's of conglomerates are stepping down, countries are in shambles, politics in general is just totally done for. Honestly though, i'm having the time of my life. School is obviously something that i'm very blessed to be enrolled in, but it's so stressful these days that i'm really not sure if I can do it anymore. It's taking a big toll on me, basically my mental health since around December has just been really bad. I know that this whole ordeal isn't something I should be happy about, but i'm overjoyed that I actually have some time to myself. Spring break was already on the way, yeah, but having more time is like icing on the cake. I've just been watching anime and having online movie nights with friends. But in all seriousness, school is gonna be out of commission until probably March 30th. By that time I think online assignments and videos will probably be dished out, at least I know for sure it will be by one teacher of mine. Me and my group are still carrying on with reshooting and editing, this just kind of makes things more difficult than they really needed to be. Especially in terms of filming the CCR, which we were planning to film together taking turns so that it could just be easy. But I think i'm going to have to film it on my phone and edit it together, which is kind of annoying, but I guess there's nothing to do about it. I know it's supposed to be something similar to like an interview or talk show type style. I had the idea to maybe have my cat sit next to me and meow into a microphone and then put subtitles over it so it looks like she's asking me questions. It sounds funny, obviously, but I might scrap it. It might end up just looking pretty stupid. Re-editing is going to be a hassle for my group members that are more in charge of it, which I feel bad about, but again. We can't do anything else about it. After all, we can barely leave the house. Quarantine has really set the world on fire. People are afraid to leave their homes these days, all the shopping centers are closed or have very limited hours so malls are just completely barren. It's almost like living in a ghost town. The beach is closed off, grocery stores are going empty. Especially in terms of paper products-- I went to Target to try and find toilet paper and the entire section was literally clean gone. It's like a mini apocalypse that I think people are freaking out over way too much. But I could just be being naive since i'm young and have an okay immune system, so the virus wouldn't really affect me if I were to get it. Work hours are being limited for a lot of people also. My parents are coming home earlier since they're getting practically no business. A lot of places are turning into appointment only schedules temporarily. It's all pretty wild. But i'm taking this break one step at a time. Starting with catching up on the sleep i've lost over the last decade. 

Planning the Reshoot

Planning the Reshoot

The next step in filming my final project is the fated reshoot. In the beginning, I thought the idea of a reshoot sounded stupid, in all honesty. It sounded time consuming and I was really overconfident in how my film would turn out the first time everything was shot. But now that i’ve looked back at the comments people have on it, mainly from the peer review, I can see there are definitely some things that just aren’t right. Even when me and my group were editing it honestly just didn’t seem totally right to me. I think our storyline is very flawed and we don’t make enough use of the different angles we need to incorporate. Now that the reshoot is coming up soon, it should run smoother and we should be able to get actual proper footage this time. I mean, when we filmed some things like the scene at the dinner table, the footage just didn’t come out right at all. The lighting from the windows was so bright that when the camera focused only on Jaheim it was basically impossible to see anything other than his massive silhouette. Also as i’ve heard from peer reviews... our storyline is exactly very clear, at least in terms of what we’re trying to do with it. The general idea is there, our props are really good and everything makes sense but the story itself isn’t fleshed out enough. It feels more like a kind of confusing introduction to a movie that you didn’t watch the trailer for. I think that the reshoot is gonna have to be the time where we fix all of our mess-up’s and add in some new angles so that we can actually fit the criteria to pass. Yes, filming can be fun and it shouldn’t feel so much like a chore since this is just a high school class, but it would be pretty nice to actually pass the class so I can get my credit. We’re going to film again on the weekend (I think) so hopefully the weather will cooperate this time and just be sunny. Although I must say, i’m not ready to wear those ridiculous heels on my feet again. They’re monstrous, it’s like being put through torture but it’s just on your feet. Being in costume in general is not going to be very enjoyable for me. I don’t like being touched, but someone has to do my hair and someone has to do a bit of makeup on me so i’m gonna have to deal with people running their hands all over my head again without screaming at them. My self control has grown an astounding amount since I started this class at the beginning of the year. But with all that being said, I hope this reshoot goes better than the first filming sessions.