Today went much better.

We went to the church offices to film again, and to hopefully finish up the scenes there. We generally do three takes of each scene, as I believe I mentioned before, and we finished all but one take of our scenes at the church. The students did very well, and now we are working on getting the video clips uploaded on their computers at home, so they can begin editing.

We had also planned to do two scenes that are outdoors, but the weather was not favorable towards that plan, so we will hopefully finish filming this next week.

Well, as one of the students said, “It was bound to happen!”

The first Tuesday we filmed went great-we are limited to our time to film to less than an hour per week, so we are having to run through shots at a pretty good clip. We are following our friend’s advice (who is a filmmaker in NYC), and taking three shots of each scene-the master shot, then up a bit closer, with a final shot of the characters or scenes up close. This is time consuming, but certainly leaves us with more material to choose from to edit. So, the first week was fine.

However, this last week, everything seemed to go wrong (Spielberg should have such a day!)-costumes, props, and even the DVD’s to film on were all forgotten. Then, we had the challenge of students who did not have the lines down. Obviously, this was a challenge. We were able to film only one of the five or so scenes we had to get done.

It was discouraging, I think, to most of us involved, but at the same time there is something to be said for understanding that the Lord saw all of this coming. To teach the students a Biblical view of film and culture, I know we must start with teaching them how to trust the Lord, and believe He is good in all circumstances. So, onto next week, with a lesson learned that somehow this must work out for our good. :)