Production Process #3

Everything That Went Wrong

    I have officially finished filming everything I needed to film! Thus, I thought instead of doing another blog where I am showcasing what I have filmed, I'll do a blog where I show everything that went wrong. The mistakes could be big or small, but thankfully, at the end of the day, none of them were big enough to stop me from finishing filming. 

    The first setback I encountered was actually really small, however, a setback is a setback. This happened on the first day of production. I had just finished making her the props as well as the costume that she was going to need and was now trying to get a picture of her for one of the last props I needed: the photograph on the fridge of little Emily. The problem was that, for some reason, we were both giggling and snickering a lot. And while I was able to stop laughing after a while, she couldn't stop herself and literally began tearing up from how much she was laughing. Surprisingly, this small little instance took up a lot of our time and we weren't able to get too much done, apart from the picture.

    One of the more major setbacks I came across had to do with filming. Originally, my plan for filming was to film the first part of the opening with young Emily, my sister, and her mother, my mom. Then, my mom would help me film the second part of the opening with older Emily, me. However, while we were filming, my mom had to go out of the house for something and by the time she got back, it was too late to continue filming. Also, I didn't trust my sister enough to film the second part for me plus she also had homework that she had to do. Thus, we had to continue filming the rest of those scenes another day. Which then turned into another day, solely because of procrastination. Thankfully, I was finally able to gather everyone I needed and get filming done and wrapped. 

    Another small problem that I came across during production had to do with my set. My original plan for the fridge was to have a bunch of Emily's old drawings on it, pinned with magnets. However, when I went to go and set up the prop, day of, I realized that the magnets didn't stick onto my kitchen fridge like they did onto the fridge in my garage. So, since the magnets kept falling, I couldn't keep the drawings up. Thankfully, I have tape in my house and I was able to use that to support the drawings. The only downside to this was that the tape left marks on the fridge, which only means that when I was done filming, I had to clean the fridge.