Day 1 of Filming

 Hey guys! It is currently the last day of winter break, what a bummer... but throughout break, my group was able to meet up once to film our movie opener. We were able to film our first scene, the beach scene. This scene took place on the beach, and I was in charge of giving a ride to everyone to go to the beach. 

First, everyone met up at my house around 3:45pm. The sunset was not until 5:40pm, but I wanted to make sure that we could catch the sunset in time, as traffic in downtown is unpredictable. It would have been a waste to drive down to the beach just to miss the sunset. Thus, everyone came to my house two hours earlier. Once we got to the beach, we had to choose a spot where there were not too many people. This process was quite difficult, however, because since it was winter break, everyone and their families were crowded at the beach. Eventually, we found a spot where there were not too many people. 

This first scene consists of only me, Emijola, and Ngoc. As a result, Jahzara was in charge of recording the scene. The three of us wore our white dresses and stood side by side, looking into the horizon and the ocean. I stood on the right side, Emijola on the left, and Ngoc in the middle. I was in charge of holding the white flowers in this scene. Originally, we thought this scene would be easy to film, but it was rather the opposite. We faced several difficulties with the environment, from nature itself to the people. Since the beach was crowded, it was impossible to film without anyone in the background. This annoyed us a lot, but we ended up leaving it because we thought that having people in the background would add realism to our movie opener. Another difficulty was the wind; it was extremely windy and cold outside, which made it hard for our hairstyles to stay in place. We had to constantly retake shots so that our hairstyles would not look crazy.

After filming the scene of us looking into the horizon, I was in charge of recording the solo scene of Emijola scattering ashes. I was in charge of recording this scene because it required great stability, as it was practically a static shot. Originally, Ngoc was recording this shot, but her hands were shaking from the coldness and she asked me to record it instead. 

Finally, our last shot required me, Ngoc, and Emijola again, so Jahzara filmed the last part of this scene. This last shot consisted of us three walking away from the beach and the camera in separate directions.