Preparing to Film

         We have decided that Kristian will be the editor, camera man, and the actor of the man who plays the piano. Elizabeth will be the voice over. John will be the actor of the business man. I will be the actor who plays the role of the mysterious man. The piano man's role takes place at the back of the school stage wearing wearing a white button down with black pants  with the piano as a prop. A problem we have though is that we can't find a good time to record there without disturbances. The business man and mysterious man take place in a parking lot of an office. One problem is that we do not know where and when we will record that part, just that it will happen when its dark out. The costume for John (business man) is a business suit with a briefcase as a prop. I (the mysterious man) will have a trench coat and fedora hat as my costume. The script is finished, but we are having disagreements over the lines for the voiceover. For recording, we will be using our phones and a drone. Editing will be done through Kristian's computer. The file equipment will be the easiest parts. Overall we have the concepts ready but we don't know how to execute it yet.

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