The Jiffy Was A No-Go.

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So as you can see, on my face especially, we were not able to film in a Jiff. When we arrived, I was volunteered to go speak with the employee, which was actually nice because we all knew the kid working, he was able to text his boss. I explained to him that we were in a film studies class and need to shoot a film opening. He explains to his boss and his boss asked how long, I said about 30 minutes, we got the thumbs up. However, we were not able to film until 8:05 pm, at night, after they closed and clean the place. We would have liked to accepted the opportunity, but Kevin, Fares, and myself live 45 minutes away from the convience store. This puts us at a disadvantage because we all live far and have curfews when to be home, so this would not work. So we had to decline the offer, unfortunately. There was some positives of using this source, the boss was willing, we could probably still film even if there is people around, it would make the film more realistic. It’s still an alternative.

We have an idea…

We all attend Pasco-Hernando State College as dual enrollment students, high school kids who take college courses. This we be a location good enough for our times because we are always at the college and if need be they are open on Friday’s, when we are all free, and the campus is not as hustle bustle. We would be able to shoot at this location without permission from the school since it is a public institution and we are students. This seems like our best option, yes we will have to create another schedule and adjust the script, however it’s really convent for all of us. We could have the detective lost in thought in the library and this hacker walks up spooking him. This is a place that could show more of character development, you have the detective in an area where you would find him studying, lost in thought, and interrupted by the hacker shouting down the hall way. So definitely a place for setting, lighting, and character development. Personally, I know many of the staff and professors so I think this will be an easy option, and a non-problematic place to film.