Filming: Can I get an Amen

Yesterday, I double checked with my cousin to make sure that she had not forget about me. She told me to sleep over at her dad's house because the cemetery was closest to my uncle (my cousin's dad). Today I woke up excited and nervous, I felt all the emotions at once. I sat down, anxiously on the couch and waited for my cousin to pick me up. After not seeing her for a while I gave her a call. She picked up and said she did not realize that our appointment was a set time. I asked my younger cousin, Jakara to help me out with the acting. People have been cancelling back to back which makes sense to me because I would be filming in a place that dead people are buried. I arrived at the cemetery at 11:30 on the dot and everyone else (minus one person) arrived prior to my arrival. My older cousin had to go to CVS for an appointment so we had to do without her. My older cousin was my designated camera-man. We made do without her and started immediately. My other actor then came and we recorded as many scenes as we could without my cousin. When my cousin returned we recorded the scenes that required all of our presences. I had to put my improvising mode on to fill in for the actors that I knew were not able to make it. It went amazing. We finished at 3 and ate some food. I enjoyed filming today! I would love to do it again.




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