AICE Media Studies: Stand Your Ground Production Blog “Just Chillin”

After last weekend’s failure in filming, I needed to make sure that my schedule was set in stone. I understood that life is unpredictable and things happen out of my control but what I could control I would. Not only would I control it I would do so with a tight grip to ensure that nothing could stand in my way. Last week I was faced with hospitalizations of important characters in my film, location problems, and an overall lack of enthusiasm to film. My mother was hospitalized from Friday to Monday, meaning that I wasn’t able to film any of the scenes involving her. Not only that, my father was by her side for every part of her hospitalization, which meant I couldn’t film any of his scenes either. I was stuck at my cousins' house for my filming day was forced to shoot scenes that were trash in comparison to what I wanted to film. I was forced to improvise shots so that they didn’t reveal my true setting, which played a large role in my story. With everything gone wrong considered, I lost the sense of joy I had when creating these ideas in my head. Having something not turn out how you envisioned it is devastating and deterring. I considered redoing my whole project from the very beginning with a different genre so that I could have an easier time filming. The weight of being the oldest in the house by ourselves took a toll on my mental health. I didn’t realize how much I depended on my parents, especially my mother to help me navigate life. For the second time in my life, I had to cook for someone other than myself and I had to do so without parent supervision, which in itself was stressful. I was missing my mother’s presence and constantly worrying about her health and it only weighed me down more. I felt as if I was slipping back into a place that I fought with all my strength to get out of around the time of my birthday last year. I truly began to worry about my mental health, something I had expressed my concerns for in earlier blogs. I told myself I needed a break to be a teenager who runs track, therefore that’s what I did. After that Monday I let go of my worries with filming and lived my young life and I enjoy every second of it. I edited a YouTube video that I will post on Friday, I have a successful track meet on Wednesday at my school, and I started taking time to relax and clear my conscience. Fortunately, I’ve regained mental stability and now I’m am ready to get back to work. I will be sure to implement a few things from my “relaxing routine” to ensure my happiness throughout this project and I am once again excited to complete this project and this class.



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