Shooting Fail

On Friday me, Ethan, Danny, Coleman, and Connor all went to shoot. Danny, Coleman, and Connor are friends and agreed to act as our extras. Now we had a lot of issues. I made sure I brought more than enough stuff, and was fully prepared on time. Ethan, however, was not as ready. We had to drive in circles because he forgot things, then left his house again, only for him to realize he forgot more stuff. This caused us to be late getting to location, and as we shoot in the evening with natural lighting, we have a tight schedule as it is. Then we started setting up, and struggled to A.) Get a fire going, because everything was slightly damp and nothing would stay on fire, and B.) Set up tents, as Ethan brought a tent that was missing pieces and didn’t have instructions. SO we were late on set, and struggled to get set once there. Then we started shooting, but it was too late. It was too dark to get any good shots, but we tried anyway. After an hour or two of shooting, we gave up. None of the shots were bad per say, but it was too dark to see a background so we just had figures in pitch black. So as you can see, it went miserably. Luckily enough I thought ahead and brought hot dogs, buns, chips, and stuff for s’mores, so we managed to salvage the night. We set the dogs to cook as we cleaned up, and they came out great. To be honest, I think Ethan really needed the dogs. He took the failure pretty hard, and I could tell he was upset. We hope to reshoot soon, because now we are behind. But hey, you win some you lose some. I am cautiously optimistic that next time we will have learned from this and get a successful shooting. Well, that’s basically what happened. Chase signing off.