Encountering Difficulties: Part 2

Hello again.  First of all, today is my birthday!  Second of all, let me update y'all on my progress.  As I briefly mentioned in one of my last posts, I've been emailing some establishments near my house in order to acquire permission to film.  Specifically, I've been talking to the Starbucks near me, as well as my city's library.  I ended one of the last posts by stating that I was waiting for their responses, which I subsequently received just a few days later.

Immediately, Starbucks denied my request to film.  The rejection stung a little, but at least I had another option to fall back on.

My reaction to Starbucks' rejection

Instead, I began focusing on my communications with my city, Weston's, public library.  However, this also led me directly to another roadblock.  Ironically enough, after having established a pretty solid line of communication with them, I receive a very troubling email: I had been contacting the wrong Weston, and instead was seeking permission to film in a library in Connecticut.  For reference, I live in Florida...

However, this only fueled me to become more insistent on filming at my library.  I proceeded to contact the actual Weston Library near me and ask them for permission to film.

This led me to what can only be described as a wild goose chase, where I proceeded to email, call, and visit a myriad of different people.  However, after being led on for almost a week, I decided that the plan might not work out.  Therefore, I turned to my last resort: my own place of work.  Although this was likely the easiest option as I'm almost guaranteed permission to film, I put it off for a variety of reasons.  Primarily, this location doesn't fit the mental image I had of the restaurant.  Also, I did think that it would be pretty embarrassing to film in front of all my coworkers... Regardless, this is what it ultimately came to.  

To avoid too much of the restaurant's beachy decor, I plan to film tight mid-shots and close-ups.  The tables are well-spaced apart, though, and I can very easily execute the scene.  Also, I have a 50% discount for food there, and can easily feed my production crew :)

I texted my manager this morning, and I still await his response.  Still, I'm pretty confident that this path will yeild positive results.  I still want to film inside of the library though, and I was instructed to call them back on Monday.  Therefore, I'll update on this soon.  Until next time!