Spring break we are shooting again!

Well two people we were supposed to get b-roll of blew us off when we went to Raleigh so we only got a lot of b-roll of ONE person!! But, I'm glad we got something. We got footage of Aj. He was very nice and helped us out a lot! He let me look though all his photo albums and was reflecting on them how he was "a different person" then. Here are some pictures. Ps. I love his dog!!
Here is AJ now

AJ as a baby :)

AJ at prom

And... his Dog Zoe

Shoot tomorrow!

Well, we are going to Chapel Hill for another shoot tomorrow. Aj, Conner, and Ericka have agreed to let us scan pictures of them (of family, childhood, etc.)We want to get some serious b-roll so our film is more than talking heads! We may talk to our specialist as well. I hope this helps our film because lately I have been worried about it.

Cool Mistakes

Random Scene

Here is a scene of the drag queens at Ibiza getting ready for the show. Unfortunatly, You Tube doesn't do our footage justice. Enjoy!

Ericka!

The shoot was fun and raised my spirits. I really love Erika. She is so easy to talk to and has been so helpful to us. We plan to make her a focus of our Doc and follow her around in Chapel Hill.

Oy!

We have all this beautiful footage, we have spent so much time and put so much heart into this project but right now all I feel is anxious and completely overwhelmed. Where do I start? To look at our footage will take 20 hours alone and I can’t even imagine editing that amount of footage. I know we will have to pick and choose but it’s easier said than done. I don’t feel like we have all of the footage we need- and unfortunately the footage we still need is seeming to be the most important aspect of our film: following around a few transgendered people in daily life. We planed to shoot this summer but my partner (our wonderful DP Chris) was out of town and now he is really busy with this and that. I begged him to take editing with me so now I have to be understanding about his busy schedule. I just don’t know how to get this momentum going. I have never edited a feature film before and am worried about finding a structure that works. I have high expectations for this film and for myself and I just don’t want to fail. Today I am just not feeling confidant ☹ This may just be stress talking.