Beginning to Film

    Today is the day! We’re going to film this project and then tomorrow I shall begin the editing process. We’re starting the day and Matthews house because we all stayed there the night before, at about 12:00 a.m. we made our way to my house. Before getting to my house we made a couple stops: first we went to the Dollar Tree to pick up a cheap and realistic toy gun that we can give to Juan for his police officer costume. The gun was a simple black gun and had an orange tip on the front to indicate that it in fact is, a toy (although I did take the tip off when we were filming).  Then, we went up to Party City and bought a bottle of fake blood spray, which is just a bottle of fake blood in a spray bottle so when we spray it it looks more realistic and spread apart.
    We wanted to start filming even though it was still light out because we wanted to start and get it over with so when it gets dark we'd only have a couple shots to shoot: Juan approaching the apartment, Matthew leaving the apartment, and the beginning scenes of Juan in the cop car. But, in order to film inside we needed to get rid of all the natural light coming in from the windows. So, for about thirty minutes to an hour Matthew, Juan and I were struggling to tape a bed sheet to the window to block the light. We tried taping my comforter but that was too heavy and kept falling down so we moved to a lighter alternative and used a bed sheet, which, didn't work either. Matthew then came up with the idea of going outside and taping the sheet from there. After about ten more minutes we realized this wouldn't work; but, my mom then came out and told us the great idea of just using a stapler. It was amazing how that idea had just slipped our minds. So, we went inside stapled the sheet and covered the window. In the film if you look closely you can see the sheet in my room blocking the light from the window.