Decision on Filming Over Thanksgiving Break

    Today is Monday, November 30th, and overall the pre-production process of the film in all aspects is moving on quite gracefully. Previously, during the break we discussed our marketing campaign and the design of the social media accounts. We are happy to say, we are proud of the results and look forward to promoting the film on our individual platforms and our website. Additionally, in Friday's blog we discussed certain planning aspects of the film. For instance, in regards to the props that we would be using to film and safety considerations that were being made. I also had mentioned that we had created a rough draft of the script we would be using throughout the production process of the film. Despite all the pre-production planning, this week and the last have been a very challenging time for my group to meet up in person and begin the production work. However, before I begin elaborating on the decision not to film over the Thanksgiving Break, I may add that the in schedule posted on a previous blog we did account for the fact we would not be filming. As such, this decision has not left us scrambling for time. 

    To begin with, there were many reasons as to why we choose not film this Thanksgiving Break. One of which, virtually everyone in our group was going on vacation. Me specifically, I went down to Marathon, Florida which is located in the Florida Keys. We towed our boat down and had a blast. Although it was windy, we enjoyed many of our favorite past-times such as wakeboarding, tubing, and fishing to name a few. However, where my situation differs from most is I wasn't surrounded by a family from out-of-state, elderly folks, or visiting a different state. In this case of another one of my group members, she needed to quarantine a few days prior to her vacation to see her family out of state. This group member plays a significant role throughout the film, and it is vital she is present in the production process. However, we cannot discount time with family or vacation, when we have enough time ahead to still complete the project. Simply put, for most of the group it did not make sense to ruin vacation plans for a brief period of time we had previously decided not to film.