REFLECTION: November 23rd, 2009

note: i know that it's like a really late reflection, but i wrote everything i did down on paper, and i could have always changed the date so it looks like i'm on time, but i didn't, so points for honesty, k? so here goes...(be excited)*

november 23rd:
today we did our first filming session for this project, there weren't enough cameras so we had to use this "vintage" camera that had to be plugged into a power source in order to work so we had to do everything indoors where there are power sockets. Luckily most of the scenes we had to film were indoors scenes so we could do those first and we went to the cafeteria to film. We used the cafeteria things as props to film the "bubbling water" sounds and the sound of patting horses. Here are the things that we used:

• straws
• plastic cups
• rain stick
• Nadia's back

we filmed three takes for the bubbling water scenes (though we tried off camera a few times before we filmed) because the sounds didn't come out right at first and the speed of the bubbling is all wrong so we had to try it over and over again. i don't think it turned out exactly right in the end because it doesn't really fit the frame in the comic but we decided that if we slowed it down a little while editing it would be fine. we spilled a lot of water and made quite a mess on the cafeteria table...LUCKILY we didn't mess up the camera because we have to keep it safe ESPECIALLY since it's vintage! after that we tried using the rain stick that we borrowed from the music department to try to imitate the rain sound, but somehow the sound doesn't sound like the kind of "shower" sound that we want, so we decided to ditch the idea and do something else.
something really funny that happened today was when Vikki and I went to ask the secondary music department to borrow a rainstick and we asked Ms Neil and we had a conversation that sort of went like this:

• Us: Uh, excuse me Ms Neil, can we please borrow a rainstick?
• Ms Neil: A what?
• Us: A rain stick?
• Ms Neil: What's that?
• Us: Like one of those sticks that kind of make a rain sound when you turn them over?
• Ms Neil: What?
• Students: Like one of those bamboo sticks with beans or rice in it and you turn them over and they make this "sssh" sound that sounds kinda like rain.
• Ms Neil: I have no idea what that is...
• Us: Uh..okay..
• Ms Neil: I seriously have no idea what a rainstick is, if you find one can you show it to me please?
• Us: uh...okay. Thank you...

so we went all the way across the school to the primary section and borrowed a rain stick (yes they do exist) and we brought it all the way back to the secondary music room to show it to Ms Neil the rain stick and she was like "oooh! this is so cool!" or something. i'm just kind of surprised that a music teacher doesn't know about rain sticks, because they're really cool things!
i think we actually messed around a lot today so we didn't get as much done as we wanted to AND we wasted a lot of water, but we had a lot of fun and laughed a lot so i guess it's better than SCREAMING at each other on the first day (which we kinda sort of not really but still did last time). however Nadia and Lea kept getting distracted and they filmed a whole part where they were singing random stuff and we had to hold the camera for them...so that kinda annoyed me but it was the first day so i guess it's okay to have some fun...
very short reflection......