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I felt this was the first real film that I have taken on. After not feeling like a big part of the last film, I was determined to make something that I could put my name on and feel proud to do so. When Chris and I could not decide what we wanted to do a story about, he mentioned the romantic comedy that he had written in screenwriting class last semester – and I knew it was perfect. While I am not a big fan of romantic comedies, I have, secretly, always wanted to make one. And so, it became my goal to make this an adorable, cheesy rom-com.
Before I knew it, Christie signed on board with Chris and I as a cinematographer and we were set. I am lucky enough to have a lot of connections to talent in the acting program and, while casting for the film, I realized that I had become the producer. We basically Facebook stalked our actor choices and decided who would be best. We also made sure to tell Kat, our lead actress, who she felt she would be most comfortable with. Because I am not a great editor, nor a great filmmaker, it was really fun to find a niche in contacting and coordinating with the actors, as well as scouting locations and contacting those locations that we would like to shoot. And, although I originally intended to be the director, I really felt it was a team effort between myself, Chris and Christie.
After spreading out filming over a couple weeks, everything seemed to be coming together and I thought to myself: there’s no way everything could be going according to plan… but, it really was. And, on our first day of shooting, after Chris, Christie got into the swing of things, filming was smooth and enjoyable. The three of us had a really great balance between team work, and, at the same time, not stepping on each other’s toes. After shooting, we went right to the edit suites to work on our first part.
While the audio came out terribly for the first scene, Chris and Christie worked their magic in the edit labs, literally all night. I was upset that I had messed up the audio so much in the office, but I did figure out what I had done wrong, and I have learned to watch for next time, which is really all I can do at this point.
This is the first time that I have been able to say that through all the stress and editing and rushing to get out of the health center by 5 (they only allowed us one hour), it was all so much fun. This project was an awesome effort between the three of us and I learned a lot from Chris and Christie and I think I’ve become a better leader because of the experience.
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