Finally Finished FIlming

   Since our camera had died on the first day that my group was supposed to film, we had to choose a day that would work for all of us to film the remaing scenes. We got together on December 2nd after ruling out the week days of Thanksgiving as Aitan was going to be out of town. We met up at Amy's house at 2pm but there were already complications present. First, when I arrived, I was informed that the new camera we had gotten before Thanksgiving break had no battery left. Additionally, when Aitan started to ask me about the SD card, I realized that I had left it in my backpack at my house. After waiting thirty minutes, the camera still had no battery but thankfully, my mom brought the SD card that we had to use. We did not want to schedule another filming day to record the takes so we decided that instead, we would film each scene with the camera being charged the entire time.
   The first scene that we filmed was where Aitan would hand Amy a pair of heels and then she would approve of them. I was in charge of filming that scene since my other group members would both be in the scene. I had an idea of how I wanted to to film the scene but it wasn't until around my third try that I finally captured all of the heels and the two-shot with the actors. The next scene would show Amy applying lipstick and an eye line match with a clock. I had come up with the idea to attempt a graphic match where the clock would first be in Amy's room and then mine. How I would try to execute this however, would be pretty tricky. As a group, we determined that the best place to set the clock would be near a brown surface in each room. This way, the transition would be cleaner and more smooth. I had to apply chapstick once Amy's scene was filmed but I had to start off the takes by looking at the clock as Aitan was recording. In the next scene, Amy would be dancing while Aitan recorded. Before they began filming, I adjusted the lights and the amount of lighting that was coming into the room. I also set Amy in front of a white curtain so that she wouldn't be seen with an "amateur" or childish room. The next scene would show me dancing with LED lights and singing to the song. In both this scene and the previous, I came up with the idea that instead of simply dancing, Amy and I should lipsync to the actual lyrics that would correspond with our scene. I pulled up the youtube video of the song and had to start the song a little before Aitan would start filming. When it was my turn to dance and sing, Amy and I switched roles. My scene was very easy since I was allowed to simply be happy and laugh as it was included in the part I had to play.
   We were soon to be concluding our gathering as we only had a couple of scenes left to film. We still had to film the scene where I opened a drawer and pulled out a pair of fuzzy socks to wear. This scene was simple and was recorded fast. Additionally, we filmed two separate scenes that would act as a split screen with Amy on one side and me on another. We both had to dance to the famous lyrics "mix it all together" and move our hands in a circular motion. The last two scenes were each filmed with a total of four takes where Amy would be seen going to sleep and then I would be seen going to sleep in a different bed. Our last takes would be the scene where Aitan arrived at Amy's house as her assistant. This scene had to be filmed outside and the outlet that would be needed to charge the camera was too far for us to connect the camera and film the scene properly, so we had to acquire an extension cord from the garage. I was in charge of filming this scene and it took a few takes since I wanted to ensure that we would have a good scene available for editing.