Reshoot Blog: The Next Step

I finally have the current schedule for reshooting; it takes into consideration other schedule conflicts, approximately duration per scene, and issues that are occurring or may occur. As I mentioned the first time I filmed for the movie, we used the alternative place (the house) to film as there was a difficult connection to physically meet each other to film; however, since I have to reshoot, I find this an opportunity to film at the places we had before. The main problem is overall scheduling; since this film involves many actors and people, they all need to be available for their selective scenes at the specific time of day. Also, I realized that filming takes so long personally due to mistakes that occurred during the take and had to be reshot during that time or equipment malfunctions; so, in advance to avoid these situations, I will check over the equipment (i.e. the camera is charged, the tripod functions, etc.) and also reduce the number of mistakes by making it officially clear filming is happening, going over parts with actors, and etc. I am quite pleased with this schedule as it seems more elaborate since the amount of time we have is greater due to the number of days that school is closed; which means, the greater likelihood of the schedule following as there are no distractions other than academics.

Recently, the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has been catching everyone's attention and many organizations have postponed or completely canceled events such as Coachella, and Calle Ocho. In simplicity, no one should obtain this virus and should avoid it at any cost. With this being said, extra measures will be taken to ensure the highest probability of safety and health; for example, the parts of the reshooting scene for the house will be disinfected or clean such as windows, hand objects we will carry, and etc. Although I cannot control how other people act during our outdoor scenes, I will film in a secluded environment and clean the objects around us and objects we will be using. Furthermore, every actor will be wearing a surgical face mask and if they do not have one in their possession, I will supply them with one. Of course, during the scenes we will have to take off the mask and maintain it in a concealed bag; there will be extra masks and other supplies as we film if it is deemed needed. Conclusively, we will ask the organizations or owners of the establishment we are filming at whether we are still allowed to film due to this pandemic; if the given response is a no or similar, then we will schedule a new place.