Third meeting: first day of filming! 4/6/14

Meeting today at the park in Katie's neighborhood from 3 pm to 7 pm. We filmed the majority of Dante's parts today (Lucentio, Hortensio, and a bit of Petruchio). We also filmed some of Jethro's and Kristen's parts as GusGus and Jaq. However, the set-up took longer than expected. We had so many props and had to re-create a banquet. Setting up the banquet table took about an hour. By the time we started filming, it was already the evening and the sun was beginning to set. Nevertheless, this pushed us to work faster and more efficiently. We didn't realize how long and tedious filming was, so we didn' t get to film any of Katie's, Kristy's, Jaein's, or my part. In the beginning, Dante had trouble memorizing his lines and talking in the right tone. As we filmed more and more of his lines, he became more relaxed and sounded much better on camera. Jethro was our camera man, and Katie was the boss lady. She was giving instructions on what to do and once again, taking leadership. She made sure everyone stayed on task, and that no one had any issues with each other. Therefore, we had no arguments today. She sure makes a fine director! Since the other girls weren't being filmed today, we just helped out in any way we could, such as holding up the sign for the actors to read off of, or recording when Jethro had to be on camera. Overall, this was a successful meeting, and we got a lot of filming done today. Hopefully next time setting up won't take as long, so we can get into filming right away. Everyone showed up today, but Kristen and I had to leave early.