Production Blog: The calm before the storm

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  Welcome back Cambridge people! We will be recording tomorrow, and I am very nervous for it. I have a bit of a starring role, which I did not particularly want, and I probably will be on screen more then I am really comfortable. While I am fine with public speaking, my stage fright comes in with people seeing me while I talk. I won't even be speaking in the video, so it is going to be all of the parts of acting that I hate with none of the stuff I like. Still, at least I'm not the main character in it, so it's not quite as stressful. I'm also scared that I will have to direct some of the scenes because they were my idea. The group seems a bit confused about some of the scenes I've suggested, particularly the scene where the main character is depressed a puts their head down while eating cereal. So, if I want it like I imagined it, I'll have to direct them through it, which could hold up the production. I also don't know how the house looks like, so I don't even know if I can make the scene look like how I want it to look like.

    I'm also a bit concerned that we will have weather troubles during filming. We have a couple of scenes that take place outside, and I'd prefer to not have to film in the rain. However, Florida weather is notoriously unpredictable. You can have pouring rain for 10 minutes, then 30 minutes of a bright, sunny day, then a dark overcast. We'll have to record all of the outside scenes back to back, even if they're out of order, to make sure the weather stays the same. We'll also have to try to make each take as perfect as possible so that the weather doesn't change while we are filming. Actually, rain might be good for some of the scenes we have where the main character being sad. Still, it might not be worth having to be soaking wet for the rest of the scenes. I'm also not sure how we'll be able to record the part where we are all playing, and we'll probably need to get someone else to record us. Still, I'm confident that it will go well! Hopefully, we will be able to get all of the scenes we need.

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