Production blog - The Stress!


I’m filming with the same group I’ve had since AS level with the exception of Hannah. The thing is last year it never seemed this hard to film anything. Yes our projects were a lot shorter but the filming process was more efficient. Maybe it’s the fact that now Angie and I are juniors and Lili is a senior. Hannah is also a junior. This means the entirety of my group is in the most challlenging years of high school. Maybe it’s because of this that it’s so hard to find time to film. One day the group was supposed to film all the juniors had to take the SAT. Angie , Hannah, and I really tried to make it work but that test is so draining none of us could film after doing it. Lili is also going off to college soon. This means she’s working a lot and unfortunately doesn’t have a lot of time. The ironic part is everyone can make time to film just not when the other members needed can. Like on Friday after school, Lili and Hannah are going to film but Angie can’t come. I also can’t go since I’m volunteering. There was then a proposed idea of filming on the weekend which is really needed but it doesn’t work with Lili and maybe Angie’s schedule. This doesn’t mean that the group isn’t prioritizing the project though it just means life is very ínstense right now. Filming would also be easier if more people could drive instead of it just being Angie. I specifically am stressed about how much is left to film. Lili and Hannah are going to try and film all the scenes they have left together on Friday but I’m not sure if they can do it. This also means the next time everyone will be able to film is after school which I really don’t like doing. Either way everyone has to figure out a way to make the filming schedule work because the entire group wants the film to be great.

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