Production/Filming Blog - 2/19/24


Today, we decided to go out and finish filming and editing! A few days ago, we all texted each other and asked who was free on which days. The only day we all had free time was today. We all decided to show up to Sammie’s house at 10 AM to get an early start. Last night, when we were planning, Sammie decided to make some of our props for today. She printed off colored paper with Isaac and I’s names on them. She wrapped the pages around old books so it looked like our names were printed on the book spines. Each of our names were accompanied by a title such as, “Edited by..” We were going to use these for title cards in the video. She sent pictures of the completed books and we all agreed it looked great. Sammie said that we could finish the rest of our props tomorrow morning. We thought so too, so we wished each other goodnight and got to Sammie’s house the next morning! Traffic was rough, but we all got there as soon as we could. Once we were all there, we looked at our to-do list. The plan from when we originally filmed was to have one of our names on a Sharpie, but we realized that would be more difficult than we expected. Instead, we chose to make bracelets with beads to use as title cards. Sammie got her bracelet kit, and got to work. We helped pick out beads as she put the lettering for “Exec. Prod” meaning executive producer. Then, we made a separate one with her name, but accidentally spelled it “Bruton” instead of  “Burton.” We laughed it off and just decided to use the incorrect one. We tested them on Amelie’s wrist and they seemed to fit! This meant we had all our props ready and we were off to the original filming location, Barnes and Noble!

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