Dancing with the moon and self portraits

BREATHE the air around you and you will feel calm they say, but the deadline is approaching and I'm kinda scared. 

I have started editing snippets here and there, but I'm still missing some major scenes that will hopefully get shot on Monday. 

Sophie shot the record player shots and they look so good! I'm so grateful for my peers and how helpful they've all been. I told her exactly what I wanted and she executed it perfectly obviously.

I was incredibly bored one late night and did lots of productive things!
So it all started in that I saw a picture of a hand holding the moon on we heart it.

 Anyway the point is I couldn't stop thinking bout how the coin would fit the moon perfectly in a specific angle, and how that could explain why she loves the coin so much. You see she could start playing or dancing with the moon with her hand, and realize she has no control of such astronomical things, so she compares it with the coin, and see that at least she can control the coin. And that could be somewhere in the film. I haven't exactly figured out where, but hey it is experimental, it doesn't have to make sense. 
Anyway, after going outside that night and realizing there were just a bunch of clouds, I tried to recreate the idea with my projector, which failed, BUT I started playing around and got some really cool self portraits! Which I think could find a place somewhere in the website: 

The next night I decided to call on all the gods that are prayed to, that the moon was pretty. Yes I know the pink moon happened, but I didn't know about it and missed the opportunity okay? okay. And my prayers were answered. The moon was there, pretty as ever, waiting for me to be able to fix the ISO so that it would look as good as it did in person. Hint: I didn't do it justice but I tried. The tripod setting was a bit tough and again with the focus thing. SO, I took my little handy dandy mirror out so that I could see my shot as I shot since, I don't have a remote for my camera :(. 

 no clue why it looks like that but hey, long exposure looks dope. 

After that I sorta got the shot I wanted. I mean I'm sure I can salvage something, but just the whole idea was so fun. Even if I suck at night shooting. Here's how it came out: 

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Speak To the Universe

AND the universe shall answer 

I was having a LOT of trouble shooting by myself with no tripod, but thankfully an angel from heaven came down and helped me out. My friend answered a poll I put on my instagram to let me know she had one I could borrow. 
And that is all I needed to start shooting the bike scenes!
I forced my dad to come outside and help me out. 
First I did the mailbox scenes, which were a bit of a struggle, because they were a little out of focus, but we figured it out :

Then I did different angles, and the calendar scene in my kitchen. And then it was time. The moment I had been dreading. How was I going to get the bike shot?
after MANY failed attempts:

We figured it was best if my dad got in the car and shot from there, and then I cropped it while I edited. We took some shots like that, and then we went on different locations while he chased me around my neighbourhood and nearby. I realized I might be missing some, but I'll try to work with what I have to avoid reshooting. The sunset was ugly that day so we didn't do the screaming scene just yet. 
Here is some of what we shot: 

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THINK and a solution will come. 

I was supposed to shoot with my cousin this week. She was going to be the guidance counselor, and I had all the mise en scene and everything ready. However, it was announced that the peak of corona was going to be this week, and even though we had both quarantined and had seen each other a few days prior, for safety she decided it was best not to since she had traveled recently. Which makes total sense, and I probably should have thought about that. She is out of her own self-quarantine on Tuesday, but that was cutting it a little close in my opinion. So I had to come up with an alternative just in case and shoot it in case i didn't have time. 
So I couldn't think of anything, until I saw a trend on Tiktok where they shoot from a phone taped to the roof.... and I decided to try it out. 

It was clearly a fail since I have a bubble roof. So I decided to try it out with a tripod and..... it Worked!!

This is how the shot looked:

I decided to shoot a quick morning routine of Antigona (I named her!!! will explain meaning soon) getting ready and receiving an email from her guidance counselor Angie Smith while she got ready.

Here's what the email said: 

Hi Antigona, 

Hope you're having a blessed morning, 

Per your last email, I am sorry to tell you I can not place you in any advance classes. I simply don't think you're ready for that just yet, considering you just moved and English is not your first language. I understand that you however, are not in ESOL. Would you like me to place you there instead? Let me know. 

In the meantime, attached are some community colleges I think might interest you. With your current pending status you will be unable to receive any sorts of financial assistance from the schools that interested you :( . Please come see me as soon as you can so we can further discuss your limited options. 

Sincerely, 

Angie Smith

Guidance Counselor

Shaker Schools 

"Today is a good day to have a GREAT day"

After she reads the email she shuts the computer and says bye to her mother and goes on to the friend scene. 
The meaning of the name is "Rebel, contrary to her generation", and I thought it fit the personality of my character pretty well. It comes from a mythological story. 

I also decided to place the hula hoop in the window and maybe possibly use that picture for the postcard, which I'm still working on, or the title card.

I think this could work fine if my cousin can shoot the scene, but we'll see. 

Also! while shooting i discovered a new trick I'll be using quite a lot, to see if what I'm shooting is in focus:

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