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Welcome to my eight-production blog. Our film is entering its later stages. Production is essentially wrapping. Our final step is the filming process which is soon to come. We have all locations ready. The props have been customized to a tea. The race car has stickers showing its racing side. We have worn the wrenches down to a realistic level. Additionally, we have chosen Logan's food, raw chicken and mashed potatoes. Pre-production on props is finished. Concerning our locations, today we have looked them over again and reviewed addresses. I have planned our trip to the race track, fully prepared to get close to the road. This will be a very exciting trip. I've never been to a race track before, so it will be completely new. It is all very exciting. I can't wait. The thrill of the locations is too much to bear. Logan's house is always fun to be in, so shooting there will be a breeze. Finally, the shop has been cleaned. We are full steam ahead.

 Welcome to my eighth production blog. Production on a work level is going very smoothly. We have locations. We have props. We have several, good-looking costumes. And, we have knowledge of the script. These are all very important goals that we have hit. However, production isn't about simply getting the work done. We need to be happy with the product. We need to be invested in its success. So, I made sure to highlight that my group keeps good morale. During script practice, I served tea to keep everyone's vocal cords working. During location scouting, I brought snacks. During prop searching, I made sure we took breaks. Overall, I made sure we were having a good time. Because none of this is worth it if we aren't. Creative acts should be enjoyable. Putting art into the world should never be just work. It is a fun, transformative experience. And I intend to keep it that way.

 Welcome to my seventh production blog. The rehearsal went well. We practiced lines in the shop. Additionally, we ran through them in Logan's house. Finally, we ran through them in his car. This would mimic the racing scene. So, overall the script is looking pretty good. However, we may have to rehearse it again soon. Just to make sure. So, our goal today is to finalize the props we will be using for the film. Most importantly, Logan's car. This "prop" is integral to the film as it is the heart of the plot. We must retrofit it with racing stickers to make it feel immersed in the world. Next, we need to finalize the food Logan will eat in the sad home scene. This is integral as Logan will be depressed in this scene, and we want to have him eat food that goes along with this general mood. We were workshopping things like mashed potatoes. Or cold green peas. Just overall, food evokes sadness in the scene. We want our props to signify things important to the plot occurrin

 Welcome to my sixth production blog. I am very excited about everything upcoming. We are moving along very well in every department. Logan is working well. Ryan is working well. And I am working pretty well. With almost everything lined up, it seems filming will be approaching shortly. The main next step we have to conquer is getting our lines down. We have a script semi-finalized. But it still needs work. So, we will run through it in person. By reading it together immersed in the scene, we can see how it would feel on film. We will do these rehearsals on location if we are lucky, making us feel truly into the production. Logan has the most lines by far. Followed by me with a distinct second. Finally, Ryan has about the least amount of lines possible. But, no matter what dialogue we have, we will all contribute. This story will be told well. The writing will be airtight, and this rehearsal will cause that. Exciting times are coming.

Welcome to my fifth production blog. We are continuing to plan and block out ideas for our upcoming short film. All in all, the film is slowly but surely coming together. We have the cast. But, we each are not assigned a role as of yet. That needs to be done. Logan will be cast as the main character, which designates him many roles in the film. He will first be a mechanic. Additionally, he will be at home, a sad worker. Finally, he will be a racecar driver, realizing his full potential. I will be a side character. A fellow mechanic in our conjoined shop. I will be initially unsupportive of his ambitions and repeatedly claim that they are unrealistic. I will be the beginning antagonist. The main thing he is first against. Slowly, I will warm up to him. But this will take very long. Ryan will be supportive from the beginning. He really pushes Logan to be the best. This motivation is very needed for him in the plot.

 Hello. Welcome to my fourth production blog for our short film. The main prop in our movie is Logan's car. It is the penultimate plot device. It moves the plot into its final and most consequential act. But in this stage of production, we don't have a concrete car. Logan unfortunately got into a car crash a few months back. This news was crushing. Foremost, because of Logan being in danger. Secondly, because the car was now completely useless for filming, The side of the car was fully scratched. The right mirror was all gone. So, the thing we were relying on was now stripped away from us. This put us into a tough spot. Now instead of moving on to filming, we are on the search. Eventually, we will find it. I still have the hope stated in a previous blog. We are getting closer. Our sets are figured out. Next, we must figure out our respective roles in the film.

 Hello and welcome to my third production blog. I am delighted to announce that we have extremely easy access to three useful locations. To begin with, there is the mechanics' shop. Logan Dewar already works within an auto shop, which thereby makes this location very simple to access. We simply have to request a day when no actual work is being done, and film there. My and his manager are already on good terms. And, his worker (Logan) obviously is too. This space has many of the props we need within it as well, making it very convenient overall. Secondly, Logan's house is up for the taking. In a few weeks, his parents will be out of town. This removes any possibility of parental interference from taking place. So, the space is basically ours. We will use his bedroom, the kitchen, and the living room mostly. Finally, we will use the race track. Logan actually races here often. We have captured previous footage at this location also. It will prove very useful when we start our ac

Welcome to my production blog. A racing films needs, a car. And we are searching for one. Logan had a fully usable race car. But something terrible happened. He was racing it, like usual, but he got in a crash. He took a turn too quickly, and hit the side of the car against the tire stacks. This sliced part of the car off. This makes it unusable for our filming purposes. Unless of course, a crash occurs in our script. Overall, this is unfortunate. It can make our filming much more difficult. So, we now are on the search. A race car must be found, and pretty quick. We of course have a budget. This makes our search even harder. We search on Facebook marketplace. We search om ebay. Every online retailer available. The search continues and continues. We hold out hope and push forward.

 Welcome to my production blog. We need costumes for our film. We are going to get costumes. The mechanic costume will consist of a boiler room suit. Then, eventually they will acquire a race car drivers jacket. They will also gain a racing suit. The two friends will wear basic dirty clothes at work. We put grease and dirt on them. This is indicating that they have been at work consistently. To do this we put oil and grease on white shirts to make it obvious. To get the shirts and pants for the workers, we went thrifting. We went to Goodwill and American thrift. At Goodwill we found nothing, but American thrift was much more successful. For the racing jacket, we had an inside source. Logan's father has a lot of racing memorabilia. So, we went to him and got a racing jacket. For the boiler suit for Logan, we placed an order on amazon. It is shipping currently. When it comes, our film will truly come together. These costumes make it feel immersive. It will make the journey truly beli