Filming Process...Just a Snippet

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My filming process took two days, where the first day was used to gather my scenic clips, and the second was used to capture the main character. Luckily, I live in south Florida where it is always sunny, so I had beautiful natural lighting which was used all throughout my film. I wanted to give the audience a great view of the suburban neighborhood that the main character lives in. Most teen comedies are shot in typical suburban neighborhoods, so I wanted to capture that in my film. On the first day, I stopped by a shopping strip called the Shops of Pembroke Gardens. It is modern, middle class shopping strip with nice scenery. I made a stop by my high school to capture the daily school if of teenager. Although the whole city, stores, and school was shutdown due to COVID-19, I still needed to capture certain places to set the setting in my film. So I had to make sure that I took extra precautions when going to these areas, practice social distancing, and make sure that I was wearing something to protect my nose and mouth. 

Suburban neighborhood setting:

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