Filming Issues

Just like the monkey, we're f***ed.

Today, our group met up with Stoklosa again to discuss the film outline we created.  Surprisingly, she really liked the ending.  However, she had some critiques over other elements.  Namely, we had originally included a funny sequence where Diego opens PornHub, gets distracted looking at a picture of a monkey, and then first makes the connection between the mammal and sex.  We thought that this would create a cohesive connection between the two, but would also be comical and fairly light-hearted.  Stoklosa criticized this, claiming that the scene implies that Diego really does want to have sex with the monkey, and it discredits the idea that he's only stating this for attention online.

We argued against her claim, explaining that the tweet stemmed from a real thought, and that that then inadvertently sets off a chain of social media attention that he wasn't expecting.  We still want to keep the scene, but we might need to go back to the drawing board and make some changes.

However, the biggest issue that we realized is that we have hella scheduling conflicts.  Like, a lot of them.  Trust me.  There’s a lot.

First of all, Jack, our protagonist, will be starring in our school's production of Legally Blonde, which premieres this week.  This means that he won't be available on Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday.  Saturday is unavailable for us, and so is next Monday.  Additionally, Clara and Virginia will be leaving to California for TV next Wednesday, and they'll be gone until the following Monday.  By this point, it'll be Spring Break.  These conflicts really worry me.  The only days we would have available are Sunday (the 12th) and Tuesday (the 14th), which are also problematic.  There's a chance we won't be able to film on Tuesday since Clara and Vir need to catch a red-eye early next morning.  This leaves only Sunday.

However, I'm worried about filming part of our scenes on Sunday, and the filming the rest two weeks later, as there are several things that could change between then.  For example, Jack could get a haircut, the room could have things moved around, etc.

Therefore, I think that we're gonna prioritize filming over Spring Break and week after that.  This worries me, but I hope that we can use those weeks to make progress in other aspects of the project.