Tik Tok On the Clock (Ke$ha Lyrics)

en·hance . inˈhans,enˈhans/ verb/ intensify, increase, or further improve the quality, value, or extent of.

After the group meetings, I was reassured that my character alteration would work out. They all agreed that having a couple of girl friends as opposed to one guy friend would not lessen the film in any way and may in fact enhance it by maintaining a bigger focus on Skye herself. They also said they feel like I should only use about two or three more characters in order to allow the audience to create somewhat of a connection to the characters. I completely agree with this and it is perfect because I only had two other actresses I planned to use anyways.

I am most likely going to start to film this week, but I am worried it might become rough being that it is my birthday weekend. If I do not get a chance to film much, I am extremely lucky that neither I, nor my main actress, is traveling over spring break because that may become the last resort. I am hoping to at least get some footage this weekend because time is closing in!!!

Skye Needs A Posse

change [cheynj] verb. to make the form, nature, content, future course, etc., of (something) different from what it is or from what it would be if left alone:

Ok so I basically altered my idea a bit due to the lack of available male actors, but I think I could work with it. When I lost my original male actor, I searched for an alternate one. Although I did find a couple, it seems like their schedules may be difficult to work with. In order to still be able to work with them, I decided to make the guy's character even less prominent and have the film be about her checking things off of her bucket list by herself. This would be fine to portray in the trailer, but there was one problem: what dialogue would the actual film have? My struggle was that I have consistently wanted the film to focus on Skye and her self-growth. I felt that having a "side-kick" would take away from this focus and may be distracting even. So I figured out a solution!!! I am going to incorporate a multitude of scenes of her checking things off her list with various friends as opposed to just one. This allows her to remain the constant of the film, but still allows for dialogue and interactions. It also solves my actor issue as I would only need each person I use, other than Maria, for one scene as opposed to needing them to visit different locations and spend a lot of time.

Also!! Last Friday, my friends and I did a pre-birthday celebration for me and we went to the Perez Art Museum, one of the places I wanted to film at. I definitely plan to film there and am excited for all of the areas and backdrops I could use :) Here is one of them with my actress....

Counting My Blessings

I AM SO HAPPY. I was just informed that the due date for the project has been pushed forward a week. This is AMAZING news being that I was freaking out about the time crunch as you all knew from my recent posting. Having spring break to film is extremely helpful being that neither I nor my actors are traveling anywhere. It will really give me time to finalize and perfect my project.

I still have not received copyright permission for Green Light by Lorde so I am currently on the search for music. I have been browsing copyright free websites such as purple-planet.com and freemusicarchive.org. The sound I want is more towards the alternative/indie vibe, however, I feel like in trailer music, lyrics would really enhance the piece and songs with lyrics are not very common in the copyright free department at least. Lots of category options so let's see.

Who Is Skye?

Ok so slight change. My main actress was supposed to be Jillian but her job at Regal has taken over her life so scheduling is getting a bit rough. It's not too big of an issue because I could just use my friend Maria instead, but I might have to change up some characteristics in order to make it easier for Maria to represent the character of Skye.

As far as styling and all, I think I want Cara Delevigne to be the inspiration for Skye. Maria already has the same look as her with her blonde hair and green eyes so this works well. I want her to embrace a spunky, street vibe, band tees and all.

This may turn out to be a better decision just because Maria lives much closer to me therefore the convenience level would definitely increase. Let's see!!

TIME IS TICKING

OK. I am sort of in panic mode being that I have yet to film. The good news is that I now know which locations I want to use. I will primarily be using my backyard, TreeTops Park, Wynwood, and South Beach.


The times for filming will be more towards the evening and night which means that I will probably need more days to film being that my parents would not approve of me being out too late of course. The next few weeks are also a bit busy regarding my personal life as I am visiting my possible colleges and my birthday is coming up. I will get everything done for sure; however, I am not sure if I will be able to create as good of a production as I would like to. :/