How The Stars Allign Film Opening

Hello Blog! I am so excited to announce our film is finally here! It has been a long, well-awaited journey, but it has come to an end. I am feeling bittersweet. I am excited to show you the opening, but I am sad it's over:( ACTUALLY NO I AM SO HAPPY WE FINISHED I AM SO PROUD OF US!!

Without further ado here's our film opening:

It's been a pleasure writing to you all. I hope the film makes you as happy as it makes me.

Love always,
Shelby 😊🎤📽

CCR

Hey Blog!

 I finished my CCR today and I kind of actually like it. It took me a really long time to finish, but I did it and I am proud of myself. Who knew I could talk for 8 and a half minutes straight? Don't answer that because we all knew I could LOL

Heres my CCR:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1VZBN0gGrvymBVEwfo6P4GuylKZ9yb-fP/view?usp=sharing

Until Next Time,
Shelby 😊🎤📽

A Final Statement Before I Go

Hey Blog! Well, wow. I have no words right now. It is actually crazy that this project is about to be over on Sunday. I just cant believe it's over. We have made a lot of final decisions regarding our film that I want to fill you in on before I say my goodbyes until I post my CCR and opening this weekend.


So, basically the main thing you need to know is we changed the title a bit. When editing the film opening, I was assigned to add the title of our film at the end. When doing so, I made an error spelling the word "align" with 2 L's instead of one. This means our title would say "How The Stars Allign". After I realized my mistake I started to think of how when I looked at the title it looked like it meant "How The Stars ALLign" meaning like how the stars align in the film for ALL the zodiacs. When telling Reem and Nawal about my idea they both liked it and thought we should leave it the way I wrote it. So when you look at the title and it looks a little funky, thats why. But it's ok because you know what they say about art. It is subjective. ANYWAY, I think it's time for me to leave now. It is late and I am tired and need to get rest so I can finish my CCR. It has been an absolute pleasure writing to you, even if only a few people are reading this.


P.S. heres a celebratory gif

Until Next Time,
Shelby 😊🎤📽

I Have The WORST Luck

Hey Blog,

GUESS WHO WOKE UP WITH PINK EYE TODAY? Yeah it’s the girl with horrible luck. That’s right. It’s me. 

It is currently Saturday and almost all of our filming is done and I am happy but also upset. The reason being we finally finished and are getting closer to editing and finalizing everything. However, I wasn’t there for the filming because I have been super sick. With that being said I feel it is especially important to mention that my team members, Reem and Nawal have been nothing but understanding when it comes to me not being there. I know this is because I have done my part at home while they have been filming. Nawal sent me some tasks to do while the filming was done so I managed to do that with the extra time in bed I had this week. She basically just had me finalize things with the way we wanted scenes to be. We had some concerns regarding some scenes and I just had to go back and fix the problems before they went to film the scenes. Usually I would be a bit more upset that I wasn’t there for the filming, but I know my editing skills will come in handy while editing the film opening so I know that will be a huge contribution. To shift the topic a bit, I also have to finish my CCR. I started answering questions from it and creating my and I think I am off to a good start. I am planning on making my CCR on iMovie or WeVideo.  I was thinking about doing a screen recording with a powerpoint but the more I thought about it the more I thought it wasn't the smartest move. I think creating the CCR on one of the two platforms I mentioned will help to ensure that all my information is in one place and easy to interpret.

Overall, I am excited and nervous to see what is going to happen next in regards to our project.

Until Next Time,
Shelby 😊🎤📽

Cast List Is HERE!!

Welcome Back Blog Readers,

Guess what? We FINALLY casted our opening. It took us forever, but we finally did it and I think its going to look awesome! The cast consists of 6 characters. Reem and Nawal really came through with people since my friends flaked out on us :): So, as promised today I am going to be discussing who is playing each part. Our cast consists of 6 total characters.


Without further a do here is the cast list along with some traits of each character:

• Reem is playing the Gemini- Zoë
• Enthusiastic 
• Adjustable 
• Indecisive 
• Zoe is the lively one 

• Sofia is playing the Taurus- Emerald
• Independent 
• Patient 
• Selfless 
• Understanding 
• Stubborn 
• Emerald is the birth stone for Taurus/May

• Sumaiyya is playing Emerald's friend, the Pisces- Mercy 
• Compassionate 
• Emotional 
• Lazy 
• Selfless 
• Sensitive 
• Mercy is Middle English for compassionate and Mercy 

• Andres is playing the Aries paired up with Zoë- Niall 
• Adventurous 
• Versatile 
• Lively 
• Passionate 
• Arrogant 
• Niall is a champion 

• Sebastian is playing the Virgo paired up with Emerald- Swain
• Meticulous 
• Analytical 
• Reliable 
• Overcritical 
• Judgmental 
• Swain is youth in old service 

• Julie is the Sagittarius waitress- Doran
• Large hearted 
• Careless 
• Doran is a wanderer 

We chose the names of the characters based on the personalities of their signs because we thought it would add to the overall theme of the plot.


Until Next Time,
Shelby 😊🎤📽

I HATE BEING SICK

Hello Blog,

So today is Wednesday and I am still sick. Being sick during the break sucks; not only because I don’t get to do anything fun, but also because I can’t be there for filming. Reem and Nawal met up earlier this week to finalize our script and scene ideas as well making decisions on what days we will be filming this week. I could not be there because I was sick, so they kept me updated and now I can update all of you. Now that the script is finalized we have the foundation to our film. At this point we know exactly how we want each shot and scene to be filmed in order to help convey the theme and message of our film. It is really crazy to see how fast the film is coming together and how this time next week we will hopefully be almost completely done editing our film. We have been talking about this project for so long and its weird that it’s going to be over soon. Im having bittersweet thoughts about this. I am also very concerned because my friends who are supposed to be in our opening are not answering my messages so we might have to start thinking about backups. I hope things work out in the end; I'm sure they will.  They usually do. Reem and I have never not succeeded at a project we have done together and now that we have Nawal, we are unstoppable.

Anyway, pray that I get better by Friday because that’s when we are filming! IM EXCITEDDDD!! 

Until Next Time,

Shelby 😊🎤📽


P.S. here is a cute gif of Nawal, Reem, and I ;)

                                

Spring Break Is Here... Or is it?

Hey Blog,

It feels like forever. Let me just start by saying spring break has not been treating me well so far. I just got back from Tampa on Saturday night, where I participated in the State Thespian Festival, and got sick on the trip! So, now I have sinus infection which is very unfortunate because we have to film this week and I really would hate to miss it. But as we say in show biz, “the show must go on”. To get more into our project, I am also very upset because some of my best friends were supposed to be in our film opening, but they bailed on us. This goes to show you shouldn’t work with your friends. Also that you should watch who you trust, but that’s another story. Anyway, since they bailed on us we now have to recast the two main characters as well as finish casting the rest of our roles. Nawal and Reem both said they have friends who will fit the parts well so below I will attach pictures of some possibilities.

This is Sofia (Reem's Friend and a possible Emerald)

This is Sumaiyya (Nawal's Friend and a possible Mercy)

Stay tuned for my next  few blogs where I talk more about our script and I will announce who we decided will be playing each part. 

Until Next Time, 

Shelby 😊🎤📽