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Funding our project is just the beginning. After we fill out our budget we can start shooting our film. In a collaborative project of this magnitude, a variety of challenges can arise during filming. The main sequence of Open House is a high school party that takes place in a large suburban home. This will require organizing over fifty extras on top of a twenty person crew. We will need to orchestrate transportation for this amount of people, and since the shoot will take some time - provide food and refreshments. We will need to act relatively quickly and be extremely careful on location as this is someones suburban home.
Furthermore, deadlines pose very real challenges. Since this project is for a class, we need to finish this project by the end of the semester. More specifically, we need to have a cut ready for the University of Michigan student film showcase (Lightworks) in mid-April, meaning filming must wrap roughly three weeks prior. After Lightworks, this summer we will work tirelessly in order to touch up and color correct a final cut to premier at the Traverse City FIlm Festival.
Finally, after filming has wrapped and editing approaches a close, we will submit Open House to other film festivals. This will take research, time, and what little money we have left in order to register for other film expositions.
Setbacks can occur any step of the way on this production, but luckily we have a dedicated team filled with experienced film students, business students, art students and more who all bring unique and valuable attributes to the table. If we lose a location, we have a list of backups and act immediately to secure another. If extras cannot drive to the location, producers and production assistants will act as chauffeurs transporting actors to and from set. If we cannot find ample food donations, we will cook food ourselves to bring on set. Intricate collaborate projects such as films have many unforeseen problems, but our team communicates so well that we can act rapidly in the event an obstacle arises.