Week Eight: Keeping On

This was a really good week! I had been working this week on securing our grandma subjects for our final interview. I sent out another announcement and I received three women interested in being interviewed. I also spoke with a former Film Studies student about reaching out to more women. She gave me some great advice that I am glad she was able to provide. We also touched base with our teenage subjects, who we feel will best represent their segment of the film. On Sunday, we reshot the teenager scene that will open the film. Our teenage actresses were gracious to come back and do the scene again. Don't worry, we paid them in pumpkin spice lattes and other Starbucks drinks. For this shoot, we changed to a ursa mini instead of using the sony a7s2, which our director of photography, Hugh, seemed to be a lot more comfortable with. We took our time on set, reviewing all footage. I'm glad that we reshot the scene and I am glad that my team is willing to work so hard for this documentary. This week, I will be finalizing details for next weekend's shoot. I have confirmed our location for our grandma scene and received location photos so I'm excited for that! Overall, good week!