Not so happy Spring Break: Production Blog

 Hi everyone! Welcome back to my blog. Again I have some good news but also some not so good news. I wanna start on a positive note so I'll start with the good news. It's finally spring break. I've been longing for this week off. School has been extremely stressful so it's nice to take some time just to breathe and refresh. Bad news though, I will be working all of spring break. With much negotiation and talking, we've come to the conclusion that none of us have the same day off. Either I'm working all day, Sean's working, or Jack is on vacation. This is definitely the most complicated obstacle we've ever had to work around. Best case scenario, we find a way to film next weekend when we're all in town. But honestly I don't see a high chance of that happening. One idea we did have was to modify the script entirely to change the characters. This way if one of us can't make it, the movie can still be filmed according to plan. Ideally we would just take out the best friend character. And to contribute the person who doesn't sow would have to edit. That way everyone has a part in the project. Let's hope this clears up over time. Until next time! 



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