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 😊🎤📽

The Aftermath

Hey Blog,
This weekend has been so much fun, but also so long. I did so much to celebrate my birthday this weekend. My whole weekend was spent with my family and bestfriend which was perfect. Then to end the weekend off with a big bang we all went to the Renaissance Fair today which was super fun (even though I got really sunburn). This is what I look like currently:






I have come to the realization today after talking to Reem we are about halfway through our final project, time wise. We've been moving a little slow the past week, but thats only because we all have had a lot going on this week.Yesterday Reem and Nawal filmed some shots for our opening and today Reem sent me a video that she made on iMovie that shows all the filming they did. We plan on filming the rest of our opening and getting our editing done during spring. After watching the video  Reem sent me I can say that I am definitely seeing progress. Reem and I came to the conclusion that we really need to step up our game this upcoming week to get back on track for the project due date. 

Until Next Time, 
Shelby 😊🎤📽

Let The Filming Commence

Good Evening Blog! HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME. HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME. HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO MEEEEE. HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME!!!!!!! That is right blog readers, you heard correctly, today it is finally my birthday!! In my last post I told you guys my first task as a legal woman would be to buy a lottery ticket and that is just what I did. This morning I drove to publix and got a scratch off lotto ticket and guess what....? I WON $5. Well technically I won back the $5 I spent on the ticket but I still won! I say that is good luck. Other than that I did a lot of fun things today like went to the beach and got lots of free food for my birthday. Now comes the time of the blog where I tell you about the project since not everything is about me even on my birthday ;)

So today Reem and Nawal got something filming done. They filmed some establishing scenes for the beginning part of our film and they filmed the cook show scene with Reem as the chef. Apparently, Reem is a bit upset because she wanted to use this chef hat she made, but Nawal wouldn't let her, and I have to agree the hat is a no go (sorry Reem I still love you <3).

Anyway, to the right you see a picture of Reem dressed for her scene. We decided to make her outfit white and polished-looking to go with the dystopian society. Along with this picture I also attached some pictures Reem took of Nawal while she was filming some establishing shots so you guys can see my two partners in action! I hope you enjoy the progress so far!

Until Next Time,

Shelby😊🎤📽

P.S. It is really weird that I am considered an adult now

Groups Meetings #2

Good Evening Blog! GUESS WHAT...? I'll wait... Go on guess... MY BIRTHDAY IS TOMORROW! It is actually so hard to believe how fast time has gone by. It feels like just yesterday I was a little (well not that little I'm a tall girl) freshman getting lost on way to class. And tomorrow I turn 18! I am finally going to be legal! My first task as a legal women will be to buy a lottery ticket. I'll keep you updated. Anyways back to the topic of todays blog: today we had group meetings. I had overwhelming amount of support from my classmates this week. Everyone really made me feel very optimistic about our project. Not only did they like the idea of our project, but they also thought the name was very creative and is a title that they if they heard it they would want to watch (which I was happy about since I came up with the title). I also shared my blog link with my classmates so they could see our progress and everyone single one of my peers told me that they enjoyed my blog. Some of them said I was a strong writer and some of them said that they felt that reading my blog was a pleasurable which made me happy since it is something that someone will eventually be reading. The only thing my peers addressed concern for was how we are going to edit the zodiac sign above our characters heads. I told them not to fret because Yejing already told me how to get the job done! Other than that we didn't really receive any criticism or advice on our project.

Tomorrow Reem and Nawal are going to start filming the chef seen and get shots of Town Center since we are making our film take place in Weston. I will keep you updated!

Until Next Time,

Shelby 😊🎤📽