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Hey y'all! Today I decided to focus on getting all of the different aspects of my film together. I started with confirming the people that will be in my film. Originally, I wanted a friend to play the main character but due to other circumstances she can not. For this reason, I think it will be easier for myself to play the main character to ensure that I will have a main character. After that step, I decided to ask my sister If I could use her pictures in place of the second character in this film. Once my sister agreed, I started making one of the props that I will be using for this film: a scrapbook. Making the scrapbook was fairly easy since I only needed a few pictures and I have extra scrapbooks lying around so I did not have to buy anything. Next, it was time to collect the rest of my props and pick out the costumes for this film. My grandma loves to garden so I was able to find a big shovel and other garden tools in the shed. For the black duffel bag, I was only able to find a dark gray duffel and I think it will work well. If the gray duffel bag does not give the same dark effect that I want for my film, I might replace it for something else. Additionally, I decided to make the fake blood for my film and I test it out today. I started by crushing some red lipstick and mixing it with lip gloss. I am going to test it out in the scene tomorrow. Now, for the outfits, I have found an all black outfit, which includes a black hoodie, pants, and shoes. Then for the setting of my film it will be recorded at my home and in my neighborhood at night. The awesome thing about my home is that the lights around have motion sensors so they turn on when motion is detected. This is great for me so during scenes when I do not need the lights I will be able to record without being close to the lights and then be able to do the opposite when I need the light. I already informed my parents of the recording. Although, today I asked my mom if she could be the supervised adult there while the filming is taking place. My mom agreed and said she will be there the entire time while filming. Now that I got everything together, I went outside of my house and tested different angles that I want to include in my film. I recorded different close-ups and wide shots. In addition, as it started to get darker outside of my house I started to film shots with the motion sensored lights and without to see what I like better. As it got darker the motion sensor lights were preferable for this film since it helped to create that mysterious feel for the film and it makes everything able to be seen for the audience. Anyways that is it for today and I can't wait for tomorrow!


Bye, Pookieess!

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